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VEGF-induced survival of chronic lymphocytic leukemia is independent of Bcl-2 phosphorylation

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This work was supported in part by NIH Grant R01-HL056888 (LFG) and a WVU PSCoR grant (LFG).

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Robert C., Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA

    L Wang, J M Fortney & L F Gibson

  2. Department of Pathology, Robert C., Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA

    J E Coad

  3. Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology, Robert C., Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA

    L F Gibson

  4. Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA

    L F Gibson

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Wang, L., Coad, J., Fortney, J. et al. VEGF-induced survival of chronic lymphocytic leukemia is independent of Bcl-2 phosphorylation. Leukemia 19, 1486–1487 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2403837

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