Fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) induces vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in the endothelial cells of forming capillaries: An autocrine mechanism contributing to angiogenesis

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1659-1673

  Seghezzi, Graziano ^a   Patel, Sundeep ^a   Ren, Christine J ^a   Gualandris, Anna ^a,b   Pintucci, Giuseppe ^a,b   Robbins, Edith S ^b   Shapiro, Richard L ^a   Galloway, Aubrey C ^a   Rifkin, Daniel B ^a,b   Mignatti, Paolo ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Kaplan Cancer Center   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CATTLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; CAPILLARIES; CATTLE; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; MICE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0041440927     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.141.7.1659     Document Type: Article

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