Vascular endothelial growth factors VEGF-B and VEGF-C are expressed in human tumors

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-108

  Salven, Petri ^a   Lymboussaki, Athina ^b   Heikkilä, Päivi ^b   Jääskela Saari, Hilkka ^a   Enholm, Bernd ^b   Aase, Karin ^c   Von Euler, Gabriel ^c   Eriksson, Ulf ^c   Alitalo, Kari ^b   Joensuu, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 18844471324     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65550-2     Document Type: Article

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