Fas ligand (FasL), a cell surface molecule belonging to the tumour necrosis family, induces apoptosis through its receptor, Fas antigen (Fas). Germinal centre B cells strongly express Fas, but the role of the Fas-FasL system in B-cell selection in the germinal centre remains unclear. In the present
Expression of Perforin and Fas Ligand mRNA in the Liver of Viral Hepatitis
โ Scribed by Masafumi Tagashira; Kazuhide Yamamoto; Kozo Fujio; Takuya Nagano; Ryoichi Okamoto; Naofumi Ibuki; Kazuhisa Yabushita; Shuji Matsumura; Nobuaki Okano; Takao Tsuji
- Book ID
- 110239406
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 334 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-9142
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