The connection between lymphangiogenic signalling and prostaglandin biology: A missing link in the metastatic pathway

Oncotarget

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 890-903

  Karnezis, Tara ^a   Shayan, Ramin ^a,b,c   Fox, Stephen ^a,b   Achen, Marc G ^a,b   Stacker, Steven A ^a,b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Aspirin; Cancer; COX 1; COX 2; Lymphangiogenesis; Lymphatics; Metastasis; NSAID; PGDH; Prostaglandin; VEGF D

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; DICLOFENAC; ETODOLAC; NIMESULIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; ROFECOXIB; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN D; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; PTGS1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PTGS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; VEGFC PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; LYMPH VESSEL; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; NEOPLASMS; PROSTAGLANDINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR D;

EID: 84874811135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.593     Document Type: Article

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