Differential expression of angiopoietin-1 and angiopoietin-2 in colon carcinoma: A possible mechanism for the initiation of angiogenesis

Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1138-1143

  Ahmad, Syed A ^a   Liu, Wenbiao ^a   Jung, Young D ^a   Fan, Fan ^a   Reinmuth, Niels ^a   Bucana, Corazon D ^a   Ellis, Lee M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Angiopoietin; Apoptosis; Endothelial cells; Tie 2

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTINS; ANGIOPOIETIN-1; ANGIOPOIETIN-2; ANTIGENS, CD31; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0035447959     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010901)92:5<1138::AID-CNCR1431>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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