Targeting PDGF Signaling in Carcinoma-Associated Fibroblasts Controls Cervical Cancer in Mouse Model

Rakesh K Jain; Johanna Lahdenranta; Dai Fukumura

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050024

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Targeting PDGF Signaling in Carcinoma-Associated Fibroblasts Controls Cervical Cancer in Mouse Model

Rakesh K Jain ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Jain@steele.mgh.harvard.edu
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Johanna Lahdenranta,
Dai Fukumura

Targeting PDGF Signaling in Carcinoma-Associated Fibroblasts Controls Cervical Cancer in Mouse Model

Rakesh K Jain,
Johanna Lahdenranta,
Dai Fukumura

Published: January 29, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050024

About the Authors

Rakesh K Jain: *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Jain@steele.mgh.harvard.edu
Johanna Lahdenranta
Dai Fukumura

Competing Interests

RKJ is a grantee of AstraZeneca and a consultant to AstraZeneca, Dyax, and Pfizer. He has received an honorarium from Roche. JL and DF declare that they have no competing interests.

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