Inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling in cancer causes loss of endothelial fenestrations, regression of tumor vessels, and appearance of basement membrane ghosts.

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Published in Am J Pathol on July 01, 2004

Authors

Tetsuichiro Inai1, Michael Mancuso, Hiroya Hashizume, Fabienne Baffert, Amy Haskell, Peter Baluk, Dana D Hu-Lowe, David R Shalinsky, Gavin Thurston, George D Yancopoulos, Donald M McDonald

Author Affiliations

1: Cardiovascular Research Institute, Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Department of Anatomy S1363, University of California-San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0452, USA.

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