Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-C signaling through FLT-4 (VEGFR-3) mediates leukemic cell proliferation, survival, and resistance to chemotherapy

Blood

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2179-2184

  Dias, Sergio ^a,b   Choy, Margaret ^a,b   Alitalo, Kari ^a,b   Rafii, Shahin ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CYTARABINE; CYTOKINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; INTERLEUKIN 1; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BINDING SITE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RESISTANCE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LEUKEMIA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0037085765     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.V99.6.2179     Document Type: Article

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