Triptolide functions as a potent angiogenesis inhibitor

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 266-278

  He, Ming Fang ^a   Huang, Yi Hsien ^b   Wu, Li Wha ^a,b   Ge, Wei ^a   Shaw, Pang Chui ^a   But, Paul Pui Hay ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antiangiogenesis; Tie2; Tripterygium wilfordii; Triptolide; VEGFR 2

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; MATRIGEL; TRIPTOLIDE; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR GROWTH; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DITERPENES; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; PHENANTHRENES; RATS; RECEPTOR, TIE-2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 73449089468     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24694     Document Type: Article

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