The effect of RhoA on human umbilical vein endothelial cell migration and angiogenesis in vitro

Oncology Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1147-1152

  Zhao, Liangping ^a   Xu, Gang ^a   Zhou, Jianfeng ^a   Xing, Hui ^a   Wang, Shixuan ^a   Wu, Mingfu ^a   Lu, Yun Ping ^a   Ma, Ding ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Human umbilical vein endothelial cells; Migration; RhoA

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; GENETICS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING; WOUND HEALING;

ACTINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; UMBILICAL VEINS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33744976115     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.15.5.1147     Document Type: Article

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