VEGF mRNA and its receptor flt-1 are expressed in reactive astrocytes following neural grafting and tumor cell implantation in the adult CNS

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-65

  Krum, Janette M ^a   Rosenstein, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Astrocyte; Astrogliosis; flt 1; Glioma; Neural transplantation; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN GRAFT; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0032211352     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6930     Document Type: Article

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