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]