Antiangiogenic properties of Viscum album extracts are associated with endothelial cytotoxicity

Anticancer Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2945-2950

  Elluru, Sri Ramulu ^a,b,c,d   Van Huyen, Jean Paul Duong ^a,b,c   Delignat, Sandrine ^a,b,c   Prost, Fabienne ^a,b,c   Heudes, Didier ^e   Kazatchkine, Michel D ^a,b,c   Friboulet, Alain ^d   Kaveri, Srini V ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^e HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Apoptosis; Cancer therapy; Endothelial cells; European mistletoe; Matrigel assay; Viscum album

Indexed keywords

LIPOCORTIN 5; MATRIGEL; PLANT TOXIN; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISCOTOXIN; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT; VISCUM ALBUM LECTIN; VISCUM ALBUM P EXTRACT; VISCUM ALBUM QU SPEZ EXTRACT;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CANCER THERAPY; CELL LINE; COMPUTER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METASTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCUM ALBUM;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; COLLAGEN; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LAMININ; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTEOGLYCANS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 68549126863     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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