## Abstract Eight out of 9 human squamous carcinoma cell lines ectopically secrete the beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotrophin (Ξ²βHCG) in amounts detectable by radioimmunoassay. In contrast, both normal and SV40βtransformed keratinocytes show no such evidence of Ξ²βHCG secretion. Ectopic Ξ²βHCG
Ectopic production of human chorionic gonadotrophin-like material by breast cancer
β Scribed by Professor Jorge C. M. P. Monteiro; Keith M. Ferguson; J. Alan McKinna; W. Peter Greening; Alexander M. Neville
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 514 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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