## Abstract There is much evidence that angiogenesis is related to mast cells. Mast cells accumulate in many angiogenesisβdependent situations, including tumor growth, rheumatoid arthritis, ovulation, would healing, and tissue repair. Several mast cell mediators are angiogenic and regulate endothel
Mast cells and angiogenesis in haematological malignancies
β Scribed by Domenico Ribatti; Enrico Crivellato; Stefano Molica
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 128 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0145-2126
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