VEGF-C induced lymphangiogenesis is associated with lymph node metastasis in orthotopic MCF-7 tumors

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 946-951

  Mattila, Mirjami M T ^a   Ruohola, Johanna K ^a   Karpanen, Terhi ^b   Jackson, David G ^c   Alitalo, Kari ^a   Härkönen, Pirkko L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymph node metastasis; Lymphangiogenesis; VEGF C

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; PROTEIN S; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C;

EID: 0037140120     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10283     Document Type: Article

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