Infectious angiogenesis: Bartonella bacilliformis infection results in endothelial production of angiopoetin-2 and epidermal production of vascular endothelial growth factor

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1321-1327

  Cerimele, Francesca ^a   Brown, Lawrence F ^b   Bravo, Francisco ^d   Ihler, Garret M ^c   Kouadio, Philomene ^c   Arbiser, Jack L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 2; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPIDERMIS; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROVASCULATURE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RICKETTSIOSIS;

EID: 0141760474     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63491-8     Document Type: Article

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