Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor-A and mRNA stability factor HuR in human astrocytic tumors

Neuropathology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 604-611

  Ido, Kazunori ^a   Nakagawa, Takao ^a   Sakuma, Takahiro ^a   Takeuchi, Hiroaki ^a   Sato, Kazufumi ^a   Kubota, Toshihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Astrocytic tumor; HuR; Hypoxia; VEGF A

Indexed keywords

HUR PROTEIN; LEPTOMYCIN B; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGENESIS INDUCING AGENTS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; ASTROCYTOMA; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UP-REGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54849405345     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2008.00926.x     Document Type: Article

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