STAT3: A critical transcription activator in angiogenesis

Medicinal Research Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-200

  Chen, Zhong ^a   Zhong, Chao Han ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND BLOOD DISEASES HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Interleukin 6; STAT3; Transcription factors; VEGF

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; STAT3 PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ONCOGENE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 39549102220     PISSN: 01986325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/med.20101     Document Type: Review

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