New molecular mediators in tumor angiogenesis

  • Angiogenesis is essential for tumor growth and progression. It has been demonstrated that tumor growth beyond a size 1 to 2 mm3 requires the induction of new vessels. Angiogenesis is regulated by several endogenous stimulators and inhibitors of endothelial cell migration, proliferation and tube formation. Under physiological conditions these mediators of endothelial cell growth are in balance and vessel growth is limited. In fact, within the angiogenic balance endothelial cell turnover is sufficient to maintain a functional vascular wall but does not allow vessel growth. Tumor growth an progression has successfully been correlated to the serum concentration of angiogenic mediators. Furthermore, the vascular density of tumor tissues could be correlated to the clinical course of the disease in several tumor entities. Within the last years several new mediators of endothelial cell growth have been isolated e.g. angiopoietin 1, angiopoietin 2, midkine, pleiotropin, leptin and maspin. In this review we discuss the mechanisms leading to tumor angiogenesis and describe some of the newer mediators of endothelial cell stimulation and inhibition.

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Author:Wolf-Dietrich BeeckenGND, Wolfgang Kramer, Dietger JonasGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-279198
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1582-4934.2000.tb00125.x
ISSN:1582-4934
ISSN:1582-1838
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12067460
Parent Title (English):Journal of cellular and molecular medicine
Publisher:Wiley-Blackwell
Place of publication:Hoboken, NJ
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2007/05/01
Year of first Publication:2001
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2013/02/08
Tag:angiopoietins; leptin; maspin; midkine; pleiotropin; tumor angiogenesis
Volume:4
Issue:4
Page Number:8
First Page:262
Last Page:269
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This is an Open Access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
HeBIS-PPN:327960264
Institutes:Medizin / Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 3.0