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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 14, 2008; 14(26): 4156-4167
Published online Jul 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4156
Published online Jul 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4156
VEGF-D expression correlates with colorectal cancer aggressiveness and is downregulated by cetuximab
Markus Moehler, Christian Frings, Annett Mueller, Carl C Schimanski, Peter R Galle, Martin H Holtmann, 1st Department of Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz 55101, Germany
Ines Gockel, Department of General and Abdominal Surgery, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz 55101, Germany
Stefan Biesterfeld, Institute of Pathology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz 55101, Germany
Author contributions: Moehler M and Frings C contributed equally to this work; Moehler M, Galle PR and Holtmann MH designed research; Frings C, Mueller A, Gockel I, Schimanski CC and Biesterfeld S performed research; Moehler M, Schimanski CC, Biesterfeld S, Galle PR and Holtmann MH contributed new reagents/analytic tools; Moehler M, Frings C and Mueller A analyzed data; Moehler M, Mueller A, Galle PR and Holtmann MH wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Dr. Markus Moehler, 1st Department of Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg University, Langenbeckstrasse 1, Mainz 55101, Germany. moehler@mail.uni-mainz.de
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Received: March 6, 2008
Revised: April 25, 2008
Accepted: May 2, 2008
Published online: July 14, 2008
Revised: April 25, 2008
Accepted: May 2, 2008
Published online: July 14, 2008
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