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CANCER RESEARCH
Volume 66, Issue 4, Pages 2146-2152Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-2704
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Monocytes and macrophages extensively colonize solid tumors, where they are thought to promote tumor angiogenesis. Here, we show that integrin alpha(4)beta(1) (VLA4) promotes the invasion of tumors by myeloid cells and subsequent neovascularization. Antagonists of integrin alpha(4)beta(1), but not of other integrins, blocked the adhesion of monocytes to endothelium in vitro and in vivo as well as their extravasation into tumor tissue. These antagonists prevented monocyte stimulation of angiogenesis in vivo, macrophage colonization of tumors, and tumor angiogenesis. These studies indicate the usefulness of antagonists of integrin alpha(4)beta(1) in suppressing macrophage colonization of tumors and subsequent tumor angiogenesis. These studies further indicate that suppression of myeloid cell homing to tumors could be a useful supplementary approach to suppress tumor angiogenesis and growth.
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