El bloqueo crónico de DLL4 induce neoplasias vasculares

Minhong Yan1, Christopher A Callahan, Joseph C Beyer

  • 1Department of Tumor Biology and Angiogenesis, Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, USA. minhong@gene.com

Nature
|February 12, 2010
PubMed
Resumen

El bloqueo de la señalización Delta-like 4 (DLL4) para la terapia del cáncer puede causar problemas de seguridad. El bloqueo crónico conduce a la activación dañina de las células endoteliales, la disrupción de los órganos y la formación de tumores vasculares.

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