Endothelial cells overexpressing basic ®broblast growth factor (FGF-2) induce vascular tumors in immunode®cient mice
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Francesco Sola, Anna Gualandris, Mirella Belleri, Roberta Giuliani, Daniela Coltrini, Maria Bastaki, Maria Pia Molinari Tosatti, Fabrizio Bonardi, Annunciata Vecchi, Francesca Fioretti, Raffaella Giavazzi, Marina Ciomei, Maria Grandi, Alberto Mantovani and Marco Presta Unit of General Pathology and Immunology and Unit of Histology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy. Pharmacia-Upjohn, Nerviano, 20014 Milan, Italy. Istituto Mario Negri, Milan 20157, Italy. Istituto Mario Negri, 24125 Bergamo, Italy
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