Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and Flk-1 in developing and glucocorticoid-treated mouse lung

Pediatric Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 606-613

  Bhatt, Abhay J ^a   Amin, Sanjiv B ^a   Chess, Patricia R ^a   Watkins, Richard H ^a   Maniscalco, William M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FETUS; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0034016285     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-200005000-00009     Document Type: Article

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