Hypoxia-induced metastasis of human melanoma cells: Involvement of vascular endothelial growth factor-mediated angiogenesis

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1697-1707

  Rofstad, E K ^a   Danielsen, T ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Hypoxia; Melanoma; Metastasis; VEGF

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL SURVIVAL; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOKINES; MELANOMA; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0032774194     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690586     Document Type: Article

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