Journal of Oncology
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 135285, 12 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/135285
Review Article

Eph Receptors and Ephrin Ligands: Important Players in Angiogenesis and Tumor Angiogenesis

Birgit Mosch, Bettina Reissenweber, Christin Neuber, and Jens Pietzsch

Department of Radiopharmaceutical Biology, Institute of Radiopharmacy, Research Center Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, Germany

Received 2 December 2009; Accepted 5 January 2010

Academic Editor: Arkadiusz Dudek

Copyright © 2010 Birgit Mosch et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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