Role of placenta growth factor in cancer and inflammation

Experimental and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-19

  Kim, Ki Jo ^a,b   Cho, Chul Soo ^a,b   Kim, Wan Uk ^a,b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis inducing agents; Inflammation; Neoplasms; Neovascularization; Pathologic; Placenta growth factor

Indexed keywords

PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84863124190     PISSN: 12263613     EISSN: 20926413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3858/emm.2012.44.1.023     Document Type: Article

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