Serum soluble Fas ligand (sFasL) in patients with primary squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus.

Esophageal carcinomas have been shown to express Fas ligand (FasL) and down-regulate Fas to escape from host immune surveillance. Circulating soluble FasL (sFasL) has been suggested to provide protection from Fas-mediated apoptosis. The aim of this study was to assess serum sFasL levels in esophagea...

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Main Authors: Lech Chyczewski, Wieslawa Niklinska, Wojciech Laudanski, Grzegorz Lapuc, Piotr Dziegielewski, Anetta Sulewska, Oksana Kowalczuk, Miroslaw Kozlowski, Jacek Niklinski, Jerzy Laudanski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Via Medica 2007-10-01
Series:Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
Online Access:http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4524