Molecular profile and proliferative responses of rat lymphatic endothelial cells in culture

Lymphatic Research and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 119-142

  Whitehurst, Brandt ^a   Eversgerd, Chad ^a   Flister, Michael ^a   Bivens, Christopher M ^a   Pickett, Brent ^a   Zawieja, David C ^b   Ran, Sophia ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE SURFACE MARKER; NEUROPILIN 1; NEUROPILIN 2; PODOPLANIN; PROTEIN LYVE 1; PROTEIN PROX 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN ANTIBODY; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPH; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RAT; RNA ISOLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANGIOTENSINS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPARIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MESENTERY; NEUROPILINS; RATS; RECEPTOR, TIE-2; RECEPTORS, TIE; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-3; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 33846114582     PISSN: 15396851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2006.4.119     Document Type: Article

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