Mycophenolic acid is a potent inhibitor of angiogenesis

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2414-2416

  Wu, Xinrong ^a,c   Zhong, Hanbing ^c   Song, Jianbo ^c   Damoiseaux, Robert ^c   Yang, Zhen ^b   Lin, Shuo ^b,c  

^a Liu Hua Qiao Hospital   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DIMETHYL 5 (2 OXO 1H INDOL 3 YLMETHYLENE) 3 PYRROLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; BEVACIZUMAB; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PEGAPTANIB;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR; ZEBRA FISH;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 33749079662     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000238361.07225.fc     Document Type: Letter

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