Endothelial cell death and decreased expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 in emphysema

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 3 I, 2001, Pages 737-744

  Kasahara, Yasunori ^a   Tuder, Rubin M ^a   Cool, Carlyne D ^a   Lynch, David A ^a   Flores, Sonia C ^a   Voelkel, Norbert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; DNA FRAGMENT; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG ALVEOLUS WALL; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; NICK END LABELING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0035077330     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.163.3.2002117     Document Type: Article

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