Suppression of tumor invasion and metastasis by concurrent inhibition of c-Met and VEGF signaling in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

Cancer Discovery

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 270-287

  Sennino, Barbara ^a   Ishiguro Oonuma, Toshina ^a   Wei, Ying ^b   Naylor, Ryan M ^a   Williamson, Casey W ^a   Bhagwandin, Vikash ^b   Tabruyn, Sebastien P ^a   You, Weon Kyoo ^a   Chapman, Harold A ^b   Christensen, James G ^c   Aftab, Dana T ^d   McDonald, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d EXELIXIS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CABOZANTINIB; CASPASE 3; CD31 ANTIGEN; CRIZOTINIB; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PF 04217903; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; SUNITINIB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN ANTIBODY; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOXIA; METASTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANILIDES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; MICE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MET; PYRIDINES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84863704553     PISSN: 21598274     EISSN: 21598290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-11-0240     Document Type: Article

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