A novel imaging-based high-throughput screening approach to anti-angiogenic drug discovery

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-51

  Evensen, Lasse ^a   Micklem, David R ^a,b   Link, Wolfgang ^a,c   Lorens, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BerGenBio   (Norway)

^c Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Endothelial mural cell co culture; High throughput screening

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG DISCOVERY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50;

EID: 74049146291     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20808     Document Type: Article

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