Vascular endothelial growth factor expression is independent of hypoxia in human malignant glioma spheroids and tumours

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 635-641

  Parliament, M B ^a,c   Allalunis Turner, M J ^a   Franko, A J ^a   Olive, P L ^b   Mandyam, R ^a   Santos, C ^a   Wolokoff, B ^a  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

flt 1; Glioma; Hypoxia; Misonidazole; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MISONIDAZOLE; OXYGEN; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; COMET ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SPHEROID; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 0033953487     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.1999.0975     Document Type: Article

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