Evaluation of angiogenesis using micro-computed tomography in a xenograft mouse model of lung cancer

Neoplasia

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-56

  Savai, Rajkumar ^a   Langheinrich, Alexander Claus ^a   Schermuly, Ralph Theo ^a,b   Pullamsetti, Soni Savai ^a,b   Dumitrascu, Rio ^a   Traupe, Horst ^a   Rau, Wigbert Stephan ^a   Seeger, Werner ^a,b   Grimminger, Friedrich ^a   Banat, Gamal Andre ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; SILASTIC;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; JUGULAR VEIN; LEWIS CARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CARCINOMA; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROVASCULARIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; TUMOR XENOGRAFT;

EID: 58249106739     PISSN: 15228002     EISSN: 14765586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1593/neo.81036     Document Type: Article

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