Medical Definition of Tumour angiogenesis factor
1.
Substance released from a tumour that promotes vascularisation of the mass of neoplastic cells. Once a tumour becomes vascularised, it will grow more rapidly and is more likely to metastasise. TAF is almost certainly more than one substance.
See: angiogenin.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tumour Angiogenesis Factor
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