AutoTube: a novel software for the automated morphometric analysis of vascular networks in tissues.

abstract：:Antiangiogenic therapy, specially sorafenib, has become the standard of care for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), however, the improvement in survival time is not satisfactory. Previous studies have found that, in some circumstances, antiangiogenic therapy promoted tumor metastasis and the mechan...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Zhu XD,Sun HC,Xu HX,Kong LQ,Chai ZT,Lu L,Zhang JB,Gao DM,Wang WQ,Zhang W,Zhuang PY,Wu WZ,Wang L,Tang ZY

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early pregnancy is characterized by decidual adaption to the developing embryo involving angiogenesis and vascular growth. Failure of decidual vascular expansion is linked to diseases of pregnancy. Dendritic cells (DC) have been associated with vascular growth during early gestation, though it is unknown whether their...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Barrientos G,Tirado-González I,Freitag N,Kobelt P,Moschansky P,Klapp BF,Thijssen VL,Blois SM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian cancer (OC) is associated with poor survival because there are a limited number of effective therapies. Two processes key to OC progression, angiogenesis and immune evasion, act synergistically to promote tumor progression. Tumor-associated angiogenesis promotes immune evasion, and tumor-related immune respons...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： García-Martínez E,Redondo A,Piulats JM,Rodríguez A,Casado A

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:EPLIN (epithelial protein lost in neoplasm) is a cytoskeletal associated protein involved in the regulation of actin dynamics and subsequently in cell motility. EPLIN expression is frequently reduced in a variety of cancer cells and tissues and this loss may account for increased invasive traits in cancer ce...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Sanders AJ,Ye L,Mason MD,Jiang WG

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the early stages of angiogenesis, following stimulation of endothelial cells by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), the vascular wall is breached, allowing high molecular weight proteins to leak from the vessels to the interstitial space. This hallmark of angiogenesis results in deposition of a provision...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Vandoorne K,Addadi Y,Neeman M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular imaging agents are extending the potential of noninvasive medical diagnosis from basic gross anatomical descriptions to complicated phenotypic characterizations based upon the recognition of unique cell-surface biochemical signatures. Although originally the purview of nuclear medicine, "molecular imaging" i...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Lanza GM,Winter PM,Caruthers SD,Hughes MS,Hu G,Schmieder AH,Wickline SA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a fibrin-based angiogenesis model, we have established that there is no canonical mechanism used by endothelial cells (ECs) to degrade the surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM), but rather the set of proteases used is dependent on the mural cells providing the angiogenic cues. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) orig...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Kachgal S,Putnam AJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular anomalies can cause significant morbidity and mortality. Advances in diagnosis will be improved if noninvasive biomarkers can be identified, as obtaining a tissue biopsy can worsen the disease and precipitate complications. The goal of this study was to identify biomarkers for vascular anomaly patients to aid...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Le Cras TD,Mobberley-Schuman PS,Broering M,Fei L,Trenor CC 3rd,Adams DM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sunitinib is a potent and clinically approved tyrosine kinase inhibitor that can suppress tumour growth by inhibiting angiogenesis. However, conflicting data exist regarding the effects of this drug on the growth of metastases in preclinical models. Here we use 4T1 and RENCA tumour cells, which both form lung metastas...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Welti JC,Powles T,Foo S,Gourlaouen M,Preece N,Foster J,Frentzas S,Bird D,Sharpe K,van Weverwijk A,Robertson D,Soffe J,Erler JT,Pili R,Springer CJ,Mather SJ,Reynolds AR

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) regulate blood and lymph vessel development upon activation of three receptor tyrosine kinases (VEGFRs). The extracellular domain of VEGFRs consists of seven Ig-homology domains, of which D2-3 form the ligand-binding site, while the membrane proximal domains D4-7 are involve...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Thieltges KM,Avramovic D,Piscitelli CL,Markovic-Mueller S,Binz HK,Ballmer-Hofer K

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lymphatic system is intimately linked to tissue fluid homeostasis and immune cell trafficking. These functions are paramount in the establishment and development of an inflammatory response. In the past decade, an increasing number of reports has revealed that marked changes, such as lymphangiogenesis and lymphati...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Liao S,von der Weid PY

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intermittent Hypoxia (IH) that develops in neovascularized solid tumours has been described to positively influence the tumour growth by modulating the behaviour of cancer cells as well as of endothelial cells. However, the molecular mechanisms regulated by IH still remain poorly understood. In this work, the effects ...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Toffoli S,Delaive E,Dieu M,Feron O,Raes M,Michiels C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascularization and endothelial phenotype were investigated in embryonic tissues grafted onto chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) by means of immunocytochemistry and electron microscopy. Single grafts of adrenal gland or cerebellum and double grafts of adrenal gland plus cerebellum were performed, using tissues from chick ...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Bertossi M,Virgintino D,Coltey P,Errede M,Mancini L,Roncali L

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pericytes are essential mural cells distinguished by their association with small caliber blood vessels and the presence of a basement membrane shared with endothelial cells. Pericyte interaction with the endothelium plays an important role in angiogenesis; however, very few tools are currently available that allow fo...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Cuervo H,Pereira B,Nadeem T,Lin M,Lee F,Kitajewski J,Lin CS

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Dysregulation of the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) signaling pathway is a hallmark of human cancer, occurring in a majority of tumors. Activation of this pathway is critical for transformation and also for the angiogenic switch, which is a key step for tumor progression. The objective of this study was...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Harfouche R,Basu S,Soni S,Hentschel DM,Mashelkar RA,Sengupta S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hst-1 gene product, one of the fibroblast growth factor family proteins, has transforming and angiogenic activities. The BALB/c 3T3 cell line was transfected with an expression vector harboring human hst-1 cDNA and the malignant properties of two stably transfected clones, TC-1 and TC-2, were examined. The stimula...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Aonuma M,Murakami K,Hirotani K,Horiuchi T,Sakamoto H,Terada M,Tanaka NG

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis is necessary for the continued growth of solid tumors, invasion and metastasis. Several studies clearly showed that heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) plays an important role in angiogenesis. In this study, we used the vital microscope system, transparent skinfold model, lung colonization model and transduced pancre...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Sunamura M,Duda DG,Ghattas MH,Lozonschi L,Motoi F,Yamauchi J,Matsuno S,Shibahara S,Abraham NG

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During prolonged hypoxic conditions, endothelial cells change their gene expression to adjust to the low oxygen environment. This process is mainly regulated by the hypoxia-inducible factors, HIF-1α and HIF-2α. Although endothelial cells do not form sprouts during prolonged hypoxic culturing, silencing of HIF-2α parti...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Nauta TD,van den Broek M,Gibbs S,van der Pouw-Kraan TC,Oudejans CB,van Hinsbergh VW,Koolwijk P

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) therapy with the monoclonal antibody bevacizumab can cause gastrointestinal (GI) perforations. In recent years it became apparent that GI perforations also occur during treatment with antiangiogenic tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). It is of clinical importance to consid...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Walraven M,Witteveen PO,Lolkema MP,van Hillegersberg R,Voest EE,Verheul HM

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cells are known to be a rich source of transcriptional gene expression. Recent technological advances now permit the detailed profiling of mRNA expression using arrays of known cDNAs on blots. We have used such arrays to examine expression of mRNA by primary isolates of human foreskin microvascular endothe...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Zhang HT,Gorn M,Smith K,Graham AP,Lau KK,Bicknell R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic angiogenesis is a promising strategy to promote the formation of new or collateral vessels for tissue regeneration and repair. Since changes in tissue oxygen concentrations are known to stimulate numerous cell functions, these studies have focused on the oxygen microenvironment and its role on the angiogen...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Decaris ML,Lee CI,Yoder MC,Tarantal AF,Leach JK

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmembrane-4-L-six-family-1 (TM4SF1) is a tetraspanin-like membrane protein that is highly and selectively expressed by cultured endothelial cells (EC) and, in vivo, by EC lining angiogenic tumor blood vessels. TM4SF1 is necessary for the formation of unusually long (up to a 50 μm), thin (~100-300 nm wide), F-actin...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Zukauskas A,Merley A,Li D,Ang LH,Sciuto TE,Salman S,Dvorak AM,Dvorak HF,Jaminet SC

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neovascularization of the inner retinal space is a major cause of vision loss. In retinal angiomatous proliferation (RAP) syndrome, newly formed vessels originate from the retinal plexus and invade the inner retinal space. However, the molecular pathways preventing subretinal vascularization remain largely unknown. In...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Niaudet C,Petkova M,Jung B,Lu S,Laviña B,Offermanns S,Brakebusch C,Betsholtz C

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokine (C-C motif) receptor-2 (CCR2) regulates arteriogenesis and angiogenesis, facilitating the MCP-1-dependent recruitment of growth factor-secreting bone marrow-derived cells (BMCs). Here, we tested the hypothesis that the BMC-specific expression of CCR2 is also required for new arteriole formation via capillary...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Nickerson MM,Burke CW,Meisner JK,Shuptrine CW,Song J,Price RJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis was postulated to be a critical prognostic factor and therapeutic focus for malignancy more than two decades ago. Recent studies indicate quantitative assessments of microvessel count to be an independent prognostic variable for disease-free and overall survival in a wide variety of tumors, and that angio...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Masiero L,Figg WD,Kohn EC

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:De novo synthesis of cytoskeleton-regulatory proteins triggered by the megakaryoblastic leukemia (MKL)/serum response factor (SRF) transcriptional system in response to pro-angiogenic growth factors lies at the heart of endothelial cell (EC) migration (a critical element of angiogenesis) and neovascularization. This s...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Gau D,Veon W,Capasso TL,Bottcher R,Shroff S,Roman BL,Roy P

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-angiogenesis is likely to develop into a novel therapeutic approach for patients with solid malignancies. Most current clinical trials evaluate anti-angiogenic drugs aimed primarily against single angiogenesis stimulators. Here, we show that a single solid malignancy, i.e., a human embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, pro...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Pavlakovic H,Havers W,Schweigerer L

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunostaining with endothelial and pericyte markers was used to evaluate the cellular composition of angiogenic sprouts in several types of tumors and in the developing retina. Confocal microscopy revealed that, in addition to conventional endothelial tubes heavily invested by pericytes, all tissues contained small p...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Ozerdem U,Stallcup WB

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:There are currently no validated biomarkers predicting bevacizumab treatment outcome or toxicity. We combined biomarker data from six phase III trials of bevacizumab to assess whether genetic variation in vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) pathway or hypertension-related genes are associated with bev...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Lambrechts D,Moisse M,Delmar P,Miles DW,Leighl N,Escudier B,Van Cutsem E,Bansal AT,Carmeliet P,Scherer SJ,de Haas S,Pallaud C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A missense mutation from arginine to tryptophan at residue 849 in the kinase domain of Tie2 (Tie2-R849W) is commonly identified in familial venous malformations. The mechanistic action of Tie2-R849W variant expression on angiogenic cascades including smooth muscle cell recruitment, however, remains elusive. To avoid c...

journal_title：Angiogenesis

authors： Huang YH,Wu MP,Pan SC,Su WC,Chen YW,Wu LW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00