Vascular channel formation by human melanoma cells in vivo and in vitro: Vasculogenic mimicry

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 739-752

  Maniotis, Andrew J ^a,b   Folberg, Robert ^a,b   Hess, Angela ^a   Seftor, Elisabeth A ^a,b   Gardner, Lynn M G ^a   Pe'er, Jacob ^c   Trent, Jeffrey M ^d   Meltzer, Paul S ^d   Hendrix, Mary J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; FIBRILLIN; FIBRONECTIN; KERATIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; PROTEIN KINASE; UROKINASE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032887340     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65173-5     Document Type: Article

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