Vascular endothelial growth factor production is stimulated by gangliosides and TGF-β isoforms in human glioma cells in vitro

Cancer Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 209-215

  Koochekpour, Shahriar ^a   Merzak, Abderrahim ^a   Pilkington, Geoffrey J ^a  

^a Department of Neuropathology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gangliosides; Glioma; Growth factors; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

EID: 0029871064     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(96)04161-4     Document Type: Article

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