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Study on vasculogenic mimicry in malignant esophageal stromal tumors
Author(s) -
Hui Zhao,
Xiaomeng Gu
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.2430
Subject(s) - vasculogenic mimicry , stromal cell , cd31 , pathology , extracellular matrix , angiogenesis , metastasis , vascular endothelial growth factor , mixed tumor , immunohistochemistry , medicine , cancer research , biology , cancer , vegf receptors , microbiology and biotechnology
To investigate whether malignant esophageal stromal tumors contain PAS-positive patterned matrix-associated vascular channels, which are lined by tumor cells, but not vascular endothelial cells. That is vasculogenic mimicry (VM) independent of tumor angiogenesis.

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