Blockade of VEGFR-1 and VEGFR-2 enhances paclitaxel sensitivity in gastric cancer cells

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 374-380

  Hwang, Jun Eul ^a   Lee, Ji Hee ^a   Park, Mi Ra ^a   Kim, Dae Eun ^a   Bae, Woo Kyun ^a   Shim, Hyun Jeong ^a   Cho, Sang Hee ^a   Chung, Ik Joo ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Class III beta tubulin; Hypoxia inducible factor 1 alpha; Paclitaxel; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; BEVACIZUMAB; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; PACLITAXEL; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH CANCER; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; PACLITAXEL; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUBULIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 84873262272     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2013.54.2.374     Document Type: Article

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