A novel angiogenic pathway mediated by non-neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 527-536

  Heeschen, Christopher ^a,b   Weis, Michael ^a   Aicher, Alexandra ^b   Dimmeler, Stefanie ^b   Cooke, John P ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MECAMYLAMINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE DISRUPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; ISCHEMIA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0036677593     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI0214676     Document Type: Article

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