Secretion of hepatocyte growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor during uveal melanoma-monocyte in vitro interactions

Melanoma Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 141-145

  Cools Lartigue, Jonathan ^a   Marshall, Jean Claude ^a   Caissie, Amanda L ^a   Saraiva, Vinicius S ^a   Burnier Jr , Miguel N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Hepatocyte growth factor; Uveal melanoma; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; SCATTER FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER METASTASIS; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; TUMOR CELL LINE; UPREGULATION; UVEA MELANOMA;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MONOCYTES; UP-REGULATION; UVEAL NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 20544432424     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-200506000-00001     Document Type: Article

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