Differential mitogenic responses of human macrovascular and microvascular endothelial cells to cytokines underline their phenotypic heterogeneity
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عنوان ژورنال: Cell Proliferation
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0960-7722
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2184.2001.00205.x