Expression and function of erythropoietin receptors in tumors: Implications for the use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in cancer patients

Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 477-488

  Sinclair, Angus M ^a   Todd, Marque D ^a   Forsythe, Kevin ^b   Knox, Susan J ^b   Elliott, Steve ^a   Begley, C Glenn ^a  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Animal models; Erythropoietin; Hypoxia; Proliferation; Receptor; Survival; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ANEMIA; ANGIOGENESIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; DRUG MECHANISM; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR CELL LINE; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HEMATINICS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, ERYTHROPOIETIN;

EID: 34547120946     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22832     Document Type: Review

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