Expression of the VEGF and angiopoietin genes in endometrial atypical hyperplasia and endometrial cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 891-898

  Holland, C M ^a   Day, K ^a   Evans, A ^a   Smith, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiopoietins; Endometrial cancer; Endometrial hyperplasia; In situ hybridisation; VEGF B

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN B; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGENESIS INDUCING AGENTS; ANGIOPOIETIN-1; ANGIOPOIETIN-2; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KERATINS; LYMPHOKINES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0141841787     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601194     Document Type: Article

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