Spatial morphological and molecular differences within solid tumors may contribute to the failure of vascular disruptive agent treatments

BMC Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Nguyen, Linh ^a   Fifis, Theodora ^a   Malcontenti Wilson, Caterina ^a   Chan, Lie S ^a   Costa, Patricia Nunes Luiza ^a   Nikfarjam, Mehrdad ^a   Muralidharan, Vijayaragavan ^a   Christophi, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

EMT; Growth factor; Hypoxia; Infiltrating cells; OXi4503; Tumor periphery; Vascular disruptive agent

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; BETA CATENIN; COMBRETASTATIN A1 PHOSPHATE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZEB1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UVOMORULIN; VASCULAR TARGETING AGENT; VASCULOTROPIN; VIMENTIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER CELL; CANCER RESISTANCE; CELL KINETICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIPHOSPHATES; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; STILBENES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VIMENTIN;

EID: 84868692077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-522     Document Type: Article

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