Dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase I enhances tumour growth and angiogenesis

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 673-680

  Kostourou, V ^a   Robinson, S P ^a   Cartwright, J E ^a   Whitley, G St J ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetric dimethylarginine; Dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; DIMETHYLARGININASE; DIMETHYLARGININE DIMETHYLAMINOHYDROLASE I; NITRIC OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTOMA; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC GMP; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFECTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0037048329     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600518     Document Type: Article

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