Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)/PDGF receptors (PDGFR) axis as target for antitumor and antiangiogenic therapy

Pharmaceuticals

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 572-599

  Raica, Marius ^a   Cimpean, Anca Maria ^a  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Antiangiogenic therapy; Antitumor therapy; Platelet derived growth factor (PDGF); Platelet derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR)

Indexed keywords

2,4 DIMETHYL 5 (2 OXO 1H INDOL 3 YLMETHYLENE) 3 PYRROLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DELPHINIDIN; GFP 111; IMATINIB; PACLITAXEL; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; SEMAXANIB; SU 10944; SU 11657; SUGEN; SUNITINIB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN D;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIANGIOGENIC THERAPY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROTECTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG TARGETING; FIBROSARCOMA; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS ISLET CELL CARCINOMA; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; STROMA CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 77950391566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14248247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ph3030572     Document Type: Review

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