Over-expression of hepatocyte growth factor in human Kaposi's sarcoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 168-172

  Maier, Jeanette A M ^b   Mariotti, Massimo ^b   Albini, Adriana ^d   Comi, Paola ^b   Prat, Maria ^c   Comoglio, Paolo M ^c   Soria, Marco R ^a  

^a San Raf faele Institute   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MET; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030070087     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960117)65:2<168::AID-IJC7>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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