Altered Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and FLK-1 Receptor in Chronically Hypoxic Rat Carotid Body

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 536, Issue , 2002, Pages 583-591

  Chen, J ^a   Dinger, Bruce ^a   Jyung, R ^b   Stensaas, L ^a   Fidone, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CAROTID BODY; CAROTID BODY CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CAROTID BODY; CHRONIC DISEASE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; RATS; UP-REGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344256651     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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