Angiogenesis: Where do we stand now?

Circulation

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1556-1566

  Simons, Michael ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Genetics; Hypoxia; Imaging; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; ANGIOSTATIN; ANTIBODY; BEVACIZUMAB; ENDOSTATIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FUMAGILLOL CHLOROACETYLCARBAMATE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEUROPILIN 1; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN D; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTERY DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EDEMA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPISTAXIS; GENE THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATEMESIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INTIMA; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 16344389190     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000159345.00591.8F     Document Type: Review

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