Basic fibroblast growth factor upregulates the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in vascular smooth muscle cells: Synergistic interaction with hypoxia

Circulation

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 11-14

  Stavri, George T ^a   Zachary, Ian C ^a   Baskerville, Paul A ^a   Martin, John F ^a   Erusalimsky, Jorge D ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KCSMD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

angiogenesis; atherosclerosis; growth substances; hypoxia; oncogenes

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTO ONCOGENE; RABBIT; RNA ANALYSIS; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 0029072011     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.92.1.11     Document Type: Article

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