Effect of mitomycin C on concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptors in bladder cancer cells and in bladders of rats intravesically instilled with mitomycin C
Verma A, DeGrado J, Hittelman AB, Wheeler MA, Kaimakliotis HZ, Weiss RM. Effect of mitomycin C on concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptors in bladder cancer cells and in bladders of rats intravesically instilled with mitomycin C. BJU International 2010, 107: 1154-1161. PMID: 20735383, DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2010.09543.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular endothelial growth factorVascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2Bladder cancer cellsVEGF receptor 1Bladder of ratsEndothelial growth factorVEGFR-2 mRNAMitomycin CVEGFR-2 proteinCancer cellsSurvivin siRNAVEGF concentrationsMMC concentrationsUrinary vascular endothelial growth factorGrowth factorVEGFR-2 concentrationsGrowth factor receptor 2Superficial bladder cancerTransitional cell carcinomaMMC treatmentEndothelial growth factor receptor 2Factor receptor 2Interleukin-6 mRNAEffective intravesical treatmentLower MMC concentrations