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Mechanisms of vascularization in murine models of primary and metastatic tumor growth
Directed capillary ingrowth has long been considered synonymous with tumor vascularization. However, the vasculature of primary tumors and metastases is not necessarily formed by endothelial cell sprouting; instead, malignant tumors can acquire blood vessels via alternative vascularization mechanism...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4752760/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26873579 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40880-016-0083-5 |
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author | Bugyik, Edina Renyi-Vamos, Ferenc Szabo, Vanessza Dezso, Katalin Ecker, Nora Rokusz, Andras Nagy, Peter Dome, Balazs Paku, Sandor |
author_facet | Bugyik, Edina Renyi-Vamos, Ferenc Szabo, Vanessza Dezso, Katalin Ecker, Nora Rokusz, Andras Nagy, Peter Dome, Balazs Paku, Sandor |
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description | Directed capillary ingrowth has long been considered synonymous with tumor vascularization. However, the vasculature of primary tumors and metastases is not necessarily formed by endothelial cell sprouting; instead, malignant tumors can acquire blood vessels via alternative vascularization mechanisms, such as intussusceptive microvascular growth, vessel co-option, and glomeruloid angiogenesis. Importantly, in response to anti-angiogenic therapies, malignant tumors can switch from one vascularization mechanism to another. In this article, we briefly review the biological features of these mechanisms and discuss on their significance in medical oncology. |
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spelling | pubmed-47527602016-02-22 Mechanisms of vascularization in murine models of primary and metastatic tumor growth Bugyik, Edina Renyi-Vamos, Ferenc Szabo, Vanessza Dezso, Katalin Ecker, Nora Rokusz, Andras Nagy, Peter Dome, Balazs Paku, Sandor Chin J Cancer Review Directed capillary ingrowth has long been considered synonymous with tumor vascularization. However, the vasculature of primary tumors and metastases is not necessarily formed by endothelial cell sprouting; instead, malignant tumors can acquire blood vessels via alternative vascularization mechanisms, such as intussusceptive microvascular growth, vessel co-option, and glomeruloid angiogenesis. Importantly, in response to anti-angiogenic therapies, malignant tumors can switch from one vascularization mechanism to another. In this article, we briefly review the biological features of these mechanisms and discuss on their significance in medical oncology. BioMed Central 2016-02-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4752760/ /pubmed/26873579 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40880-016-0083-5 Text en © Bugyik et al. 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Review Bugyik, Edina Renyi-Vamos, Ferenc Szabo, Vanessza Dezso, Katalin Ecker, Nora Rokusz, Andras Nagy, Peter Dome, Balazs Paku, Sandor Mechanisms of vascularization in murine models of primary and metastatic tumor growth |
title | Mechanisms of vascularization in murine models of primary and metastatic tumor growth |
title_full | Mechanisms of vascularization in murine models of primary and metastatic tumor growth |
title_fullStr | Mechanisms of vascularization in murine models of primary and metastatic tumor growth |
title_full_unstemmed | Mechanisms of vascularization in murine models of primary and metastatic tumor growth |
title_short | Mechanisms of vascularization in murine models of primary and metastatic tumor growth |
title_sort | mechanisms of vascularization in murine models of primary and metastatic tumor growth |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4752760/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26873579 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40880-016-0083-5 |
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