Differential baseline and response profile to IFN-γ gene transduction of IL-6/IL-6 receptor-α secretion discriminate primary tumors versus bone marrow metastases of nasopharyngeal carcinomas in culture

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Understanding of immunobiology of bone marrow metastases (designated BM-NPC) <it>versus </it>primary tumors (P-NPC) of the nasopharynx is far from complete. The aim of this study was to determine if there would be differe...

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Main Authors: Chou Andy, Wang Hsin-Yi, Chen Hung-Chang, Tsai Ming-Hsiu, Chuang Cheng-Keng, Liao Shuen-Kuei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-06-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/9/169