Peritumor lymphatics induced by vascular endothelial growth factor-C exhibit abnormal function

Cancer Research

Volumn 64, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 4400-4404

  Isaka, Naohide ^a,b   Padera, Timothy P ^a   Hagendoorn, Jeroen ^a   Fukumura, Dai ^a   Jain, Rakesh K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Seirei Sakura Citizen Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPLASIA; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SKINFOLD;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, SCID; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C;

EID: 3042826827     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-04-0752     Document Type: Article

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