Circulating mouse Flk1+/c-Kit+/CD45- cells function as endothelial progenitors cells (EPCs) and stimulate the growth of human tumor xenografts

Molecular Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Russell, Jeffery S ^a   Brown, J M ^b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Endothelial progenitor cell; Microenvironment; Resistance; Therapy; Tumor; Vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL LINE; CELL MOTION; CELL SEPARATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG SCREENING; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NUDE MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD45; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SEPARATION; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELLS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MICE; MICE, NUDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 84904530753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14764598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-13-177     Document Type: Article

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