Preexisting lymphatic endothelium but not endothelial progenitor cells are essential for tumor lymphangiogenesis and lymphatic metastasis

Cancer Research

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3737-3740

  He, Yulong ^a   Rajantie, Iiro ^a   Ilmonen, Maritta ^b   Makinen, Taija ^a   Karkkainen, Marika J ^a   Haiko, Paula ^a   Salven, Petri ^b   Alitalo, Kari ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN C;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CANCER CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE TARGETING; GROWTH REGULATION; HYPOPLASIA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; MARKER GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CARCINOMA, LEWIS LUNG; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, LYMPHATIC; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; STEM CELLS;

EID: 2542512275     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-04-0088     Document Type: Article

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