Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor-C and its receptor in osteosarcomas

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 204, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 575-582

  Park, Hye Rim ^a   Min, Kwangseon ^a   Kim, Hyun Sook ^b   Jung, Woon Won ^b   Park, Yong Koo ^c  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b MyGene Company   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Osteosarcoma; VEGF C; VEGFR 3

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN D; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; OSTEOSARCOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR D; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-3;

EID: 47149093742     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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