## Abstract ## Background and Methods. VEGF proteins and their receptors are involved in tumor vessel neoformation. The third VEGF receptor, VEGFR3 (fltβ4) is important during both blood vessel development and lymphatic vessel formation. Because HNSCC preferentially metastasizes to regional lymph
Detection and characterization of vascular endothelial growth factors and their receptors in a series of angiosarcomas
β Scribed by Eijun Itakura; Hidetaka Yamamoto; Yoshinao Oda; Masazumi Tsuneyoshi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 305 KB
- Volume
- 97
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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