Expression of lymphangiogenic factors and evidence of intratumoral lymphangiogenesis in pancreatic endocrine tumors

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1187-1197

  Sipos, Bence ^a   Klapper, Wolfram ^a   Kruse, Marie Luise ^a   Kalthoff, Holger ^a   Kerjaschki, Dontscho ^b   Klöppel, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; ANTISERUM; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CYCLINE; GLUCAGON; LYMPHANGIOGENIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; PODOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 4644358551     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63379-2     Document Type: Article

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