Splice variants VEGF121 and VEGF165 of the angiogenic peptide vascular endothelial cell growth factor are expressed in the synovial tissue of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1482-1485

  Pufe, T ^a   Petersen, W ^a   Tillmann, B ^a   Mentlein, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Rheumatoid arthritis; Splice forms; Synovium; Vascular endothelial cell growth factor; VEGF receptor

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; FLT1 LIGAND; HEPARAN SULFATE; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN VARIANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIUM;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOMA; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0034946863     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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