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1: Cytokine Growth Factor Rev. 2007 Jun-Aug;18(3-4):327-34. Epub 2007 May 29.Click here to read Links

The discovery of basic fibroblast growth factor/fibroblast growth factor-2 and its role in haematological malignancies.

Department of Human Anatomy and Histology, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy. ribatti@anatomia.uniba.it

Basic fibroblast growth factor/fibroblast growth factor-2 is one of the best characterized of the pro-angiogenic cytokines. This review describes its history, as well as its role in tumor angiogenesis associated with haematological malignancies, as traced by the main contributions to the international medical literature.

PMID: 17537668 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]