Vascular density in melanoma xenografts correlates with vascular permeability factor expression but not with metastatic potential

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 561-570

  Westphal, J R ^a   Van't Hullenaar, R G M ^a   Van der Laak, J A W M ^a   Cornelissen, I M H A ^a   Schalkwijk, L J M ^a   Van Muijen, G N P ^a   Wesseling, P ^a   De Wilde, P C M ^a   Ruiter, D J ^a   De Waal, R M W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Melanoma; Metastasis; Vascular permeability factor; Xenograft

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MELANOMA; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR XENOGRAFT;

EID: 8544221117     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.427     Document Type: Article

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