Tumour necrosis factor - Misnomer and therapeutic target

Renal Cell Carcinoma: Molecular Targets and Clinical Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 425-448

  Parton, Marina ^a   Das, Tanya ^b   Sa, Gaurisankar ^b   Finke, James ^c   Eisen, Tim ^a   Tannenbaum, Charles ^d  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^c CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cytokine; Growth factor; Immunomodulation; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887022773     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-332-5_23     Document Type: Chapter

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