Regression of metastatic liver tumors in rats treated with angiogenesis inhibitor TNP-470: Occurrence of apoptosis and necrosis

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 977-981

  Ahmed, Motahar H ^a   Arai, Tomio ^a,b   Konno, Hiroyuki ^a   Nahar, Lutfun ^a   Tanaka, Tatsuro ^a   Izumiyama, Naotaka ^c   Takubo, Kaiyo ^c   Nakamur, Satoshi ^a   Baba, Shozo ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Apoptosis; Metastasis; Necrosis; TNP 470

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; FUMAGILLOL CHLOROACETYLCARBAMATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ISCHEMIA; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 0030693254     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1997.tb00318.x     Document Type: Article

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