Nicotine and cotinine up-regulate vascular endothelial growth factor expression in endothelial cells

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 413-418

  Conklin, Brian S ^a,b   Zhao, Weidong ^a   Zhong, Dian Sheng ^a   Chen, Changyi ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CIGARETTE SMOKE; COTININE; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; TUMOR GROWTH; VASCULAR DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0036172287     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)64859-6     Document Type: Article

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