Significance of tumor-associated stroma in promotion of intratumoral lymphangiogenesis: Pivotal role of a hyaluronan-rich tumor microenvironment

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 179-193

  Koyama, Hiroshi ^a,b   Kobayashi, Nobutaka ^a,b   Harada, Michihiko ^a,b   Takeoka, Michiko ^a   Kawai, Yoshiko ^b   Sano, Kenji ^c   Fujimori, Minoru ^b   Amano, Jun ^b   Ohhashi, Toshio ^b   Kannagi, Reiji ^d,e   Kimata, Koji ^f   Taniguchi, Shun'ichiro ^a   Itano, Naoki ^a,d  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; PODOPLANIN; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN D;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STROMA CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 38749113916     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2008.070360     Document Type: Article

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