The three-dimensional microvascular architecture of the human Kaposi sarcoma implanted in nude mice: A SEM corrosion casting study

Microvascular Research

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 128-135

  Sangiorgi, S ^a   Congiu, T ^a   Manelli, A ^a   Dell'Eva, R ^b   Noonan, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Corrosion casting; Human Kaposi sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRAVASATION; HISTOLOGY; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; ARTERIOLES; CAPILLARIES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; VEINS; VENULES;

MUS MUSCULUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33750627657     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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