Journal
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 33, Issue 8, Pages 1047-1060Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(02)01005-5
Keywords
angiogenesis; reactive oxygen species; free radicals; hypoxia; ischemia; reoxygenation; nitric oxide; NF kappa B; cytokines; myocardium
Funding
- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL 22559, HL 33889, HL 56803] Funding Source: Medline
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Angiogenesis is thought to be regulated by several growth factors (EGF, TGF-alpha, beta-FGF, VEGF). Induction of these angiogenic factors is triggered by various stresses. For instance, tissue hypoxia exerts its pro-angiogenic action through various angiogenic factors, the most notable being vascular endothelial growth factor, which has been mainly associated with initiating the process of angiogenesis through the recruitment and proliferation of endothelial cells. Recently, reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been found to stimulate angiogenic response in the ischemic reperfused hearts. Short exposure to hypoxia/reoxygenation, either directly or indirectly, produces ROS that induce oxidative stress which is associated with angiogenesis or neovascularization. ROS can cause tissue injury in one hand and promote tissue repair in another hand by promoting angiogenesis. It thus appears that after causing injury to the cells, ROS promptly initiate the tissue repair process by triggering angiogenic response. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc.
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