Effects of platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor/thymidine phosphorylase, substrate, and products in a three-dimensional model of angiogenesis

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1641-1646

  Stevenson, Darren Paul ^a   Milligan, Stuart Richard ^b   Collins, William Patrick ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 DEOXYRIBOSE; 3 AMINO 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; PLATELET DERIVED ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; RIBOSE PHOSPHATE; THYMIDINE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHATE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FEMALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

AMINOISOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; AORTA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RIBOSE; THYMIDINE; THYMIDINE MONOPHOSPHATE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE; THYMINE;

EID: 0031781019     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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