A quantitative assay using basement memb
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Yasumasa Ito; Yukihide Iwamoto; Kazuhiro Tanaka; Kiyotaka Okuyama; Yoichi Sugiok
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Article
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1996
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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We describe a quantitative assay for assessing tumor angiogenesis in vivo using basement membrane extracts (Matrigel). Nude mice were injected S.C. with liquid Matrigel mixed with HT I080 human fibrosarcoma cells. Since Matrigel rapidly forms a solid gel at body temperature, the gel containing tumor