Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in human prostate cancer: In situ and in vitro expression of VEGF by human prostate cancer cells

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2329-2333

  Ferrer, Fernando A ^a   Miller, Lauri J ^b   Andrawis, Ramez I ^b   Kurtzman, Scott H ^b   Albertsen, Peter C ^b   Laudone, Vincent P ^b   Kreutzer, Donald L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

angiogenesis; prostate cancer; vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LYMPHOTOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030939698     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64775-X     Document Type: Article

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