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Thrombin induces neoangiogenesis in the chick chorioallantoic membrane.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 1 Oct 2003
Caunt M, Huang Y-Q, Brooks P C, Karpatkin S
Abstract excerpt
Most tumors have constitutively active tissue factor on their surface, capable of generating thrombin in the surrounding environment, and thrombosis is associated with cancer. Thrombin is known to induce a malignant phenotype by enhancing tissue adhesion and cell growth in vitro and in vivo in mice. Because tumors require angiogenesis for growth, we examined whether thrombin induces neoangiogenesis in a...
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