Immunohistochemical measurement of endothelial cell apoptosis and proliferation in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded human cancer tissue

Angiogenesis

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 193-200

  Chalmers, Claire R ^a   Fenwick, Steven W ^a   Toogood, Giles J ^b   Hull, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Apoptosis; Cyclooxygenase 2; Endothelial cell; Immunohistochemistry; Microvessel density; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; FORMALDEHYDE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PARAFFIN; PLACEBO; ROFECOXIB; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER TISSUE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 33845382500     PISSN: 09696970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10456-006-9050-0     Document Type: Article

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