The role of the VEGF-C/VEGFR-3 axis in cancer progression

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 541-545

  Su, J L ^a,b,c,d   Yen, C J ^e   Chen, P S ^f   Chuang, S E ^g   Hong, C C ^g   Kuo, I H ^f   Chen, H Y ^f   Hung, M C ^d,h   Kuo, M L ^f,i  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lymphangiogenesis; Metastasis; VEGF C; VEGFR 3

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3;

CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INVASION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMAN; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-3;

EID: 33847198622     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603487     Document Type: Short Survey

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