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MICROSCOPY RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUE
Volume 60, Issue 2, Pages 244-250Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10263
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA90249] Funding Source: Medline
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Angiogenesis, or the formation of new blood vessels, is a dynamic process needed for embryogenesis, post-natal growth, morphogenesis, tumorigenesis, and for other biological processes. Angiogenesis is very important for tumor development and progression. This review examines the activators and inhibitors of angiogenesis with emphasis on the pituitary gland and pituitary neoplasms. Some of the proteins regulating angiogenesis in pituitary tumors such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and VEGF receptors, fibroblasts growth factors (FGF), transforming growth factor beta (TGFB), interleukins, interferons, and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and inhibitors of MMPs have been examined in animal and human pituitary tumor models. However, many other significant regulators of angiogenesis including angiopoietins, angiostatin, and thrombospondins have not been studied extensively in pituitary tumors to date. Newer concepts and developments in angiogenesis such as vasculogenic mimicry and gone therapy approaches to angiogenesis in cancer treatment are also discussed, (C) 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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