Hedgehog signaling is a potent regulator of angiogenesis in small cell lung cancer

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 948-949

  Velcheti, Vamsidhar ^a  

^a OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN B; VASCULOTROPIN C; WNT PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 34547844157     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.02.021     Document Type: Letter

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