Expression of VEGF in routinely fixed material using a new monoclonal antibody VG1

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 313-318

  Turley, Helen ^a,b   Scott, Prudence A E ^a   Watts, Victoria M ^a   Bicknell, Roy ^a   Harris, Adrian L ^a   Gatter, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Immunohistochemistry; Normal tissue; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY VG1; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL STRAIN COS1; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALIVARY GLAND; STROMA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COS CELLS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOKINES; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MELANOMA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0031759488     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(1998110)186:3<313::AID-PATH188>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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