Properties of the amniotic membrane may be applicable in cancer therapy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 812-814

  Seo, Jae Hong ^a   Kim, Yeul Hong ^a   Kim, Jun Suk ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNION; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER THERAPY; CELL GROWTH; CELL KILLING; CELL MIGRATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH;

AMNION; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC;

EID: 39849107192     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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