Absence of the Epithelial Glycocalyx As Potential Tumor Marker for the Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer

Katrin Ramaker; Steffen Bade; Niels Röckendorf; Barbara Meckelein; Ekkehard Vollmer; Holger Schultz; Günter-Willi Fröschle; Andreas Frey

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0168801

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Absence of the Epithelial Glycocalyx As Potential Tumor Marker for the Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer

Katrin Ramaker,

Affiliation Division of Mucosal Immunology and Diagnostics, Priority Area Asthma & Allergy, Research Center Borstel, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Borstel, Germany
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Steffen Bade,

Affiliation Division of Mucosal Immunology and Diagnostics, Priority Area Asthma & Allergy, Research Center Borstel, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Borstel, Germany
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Niels Röckendorf,

Affiliation Division of Mucosal Immunology and Diagnostics, Priority Area Asthma & Allergy, Research Center Borstel, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Borstel, Germany
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Barbara Meckelein,

Affiliation Division of Mucosal Immunology and Diagnostics, Priority Area Asthma & Allergy, Research Center Borstel, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Borstel, Germany
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Ekkehard Vollmer,

Affiliation Division of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Department of Medicine, Research Center Borstel, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Borstel, Germany
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Holger Schultz,

Current address: Humanpathologie Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Affiliation Division of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Department of Medicine, Research Center Borstel, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Borstel, Germany
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Günter-Willi Fröschle,

Current address: HELIOS St. Marienberg Clinic, Helmstedt, Germany

Affiliation Asklepios Clinic, Bad Oldesloe, Germany
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Andreas Frey

* E-mail: afrey@fz-borstel.de

Affiliation Division of Mucosal Immunology and Diagnostics, Priority Area Asthma & Allergy, Research Center Borstel, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Borstel, Germany
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Absence of the Epithelial Glycocalyx As Potential Tumor Marker for the Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer

Katrin Ramaker,
Steffen Bade,
Niels Röckendorf,
Barbara Meckelein,
Ekkehard Vollmer,
Holger Schultz,
Günter-Willi Fröschle,
Andreas Frey

Published: December 29, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168801

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