Tissue-specific expression pattern of vascular endothelial growth factor isoforms in the malignant transformation of lung and colon

Human Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 910-914

  Cheung, Ngai ^a   Wong, Maria Pik ^a   Yuen, Siu Tsan ^a   Leung, Suet Yi ^a   Chung, Lap Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Carcinoma; Colon; Lung; Vascular endothelial growth factor splice variants

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON CANCER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0031668734     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(98)90195-2     Document Type: Article

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