## Abstract Thymidine phosphorylase (TP), also known as plateletβderived endothelial cell growth factor (PDβECGF), is an enzyme that catalyzes the reversible dephosphorylation of thymidine, deoxyuridine and their analogs. TP has also angiogenic properties, although the precise mechanism by which it
Prognostic value of thymidine phosphorylase activity in liver tissue adjacent to hepatocellular carcinoma
β Scribed by Takahiro Ezaki; Toru Ikegami; Takashi Maeda; Tomomi Yamada; Teruyoshi Ishida; Makoto Hashizume; Yoshihiko Maehara
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 223 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1341-9625
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