Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) are two important determinants of angiogenesis in human cancers. Expression of VEGF and bFGF was examined by immunohistochemistry in 120 colorectal cancers. ## Neoplasms were classified according to the presence or
Alkaline sphingomyelinase activity is decreased in human colorectal carcinoma
✍ Scribed by Erik Hertervig; Åke Nilsson; Lena Nyberg; Rui-Dong Duan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 94 KB
- Volume
- 79
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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✦ Synopsis
Dairies Associ-SMase that differs from the known acidic and neutral SMases. The functions and ation, Lund, Sweden.
clinical implications of the enzyme are unknown. This study examined the changes
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