The VEGF family in cancer and antibody-based strategies for their inhibition

mAbs

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-175

  Sullivan, Laura A ^a   Brekken, Rolf A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Cancer therapy; VEGF; VEGF receptors

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; BEVACIZUMAB; CETUXIMAB; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; HYBRID PROTEIN; IRINOTECAN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OXALIPLATIN; RITUXIMAB; TRASTUZUMAB; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; BLEEDING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DRUG INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 77953666101     PISSN: 19420862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/mabs.2.2.11360     Document Type: Review

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