Role of angiopoietin-2 in regulating growth and vascularity of astrocytomas

Journal of Oncology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zadeh, Gelareh ^a   Koushan, Keyvan ^a   Baoping, Qian ^a   Shannon, Patrick ^b   Guha, Abhijit ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLIOBLASTOMA; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UPREGULATION;

EID: 77953487889     PISSN: 16878450     EISSN: 16878469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/659231     Document Type: Article

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