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Vascular endothelial growth factor-dependent and -independent regulation of angiogenesis Shibuya MBMB Rep 2008[Apr]; 41 (4): 278-86Angiogenesis, the formation of blood vessels, is essential for preparing a closed circulatory system in the body, and for supplying oxygen and nutrition to tissues. Major diseases such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, and atherosclerosis include pathological angiogenesis in their malignant processes, suggesting anti-angiogenic therapy to be a new strategy for suppression of diseases. However, until the 1970s, the molecular basis of angiogenesis was largely unknown. In recent decades, extensive studies have revealed a variety of angiogenic factors and their receptors, including vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-VEGFRs, Angiopoietin-Tie, Ephrin-EphRs and Delta-Notch to be the major regulators of angiogenesis in vertebrates. VEGF and its receptors play a central role in physiological as well as pathological angiogenesis, and functional inhibitors of VEGF and VEGFRs such as anti-VEGF neutralizing antibody and small molecules that block the tyrosine kinase activity of VEGFRs have recently been approved for use to treat patients with colorectal, lung, renal and liver cancers. These drugs have opened a novel field of cancer therapy, i.e. anti-angiogenesis therapy. However, as yet they cannot completely cure patients, and cancer cells could become resistant to these drugs. Thus, it is important to understand further the molecular mechanisms underlying not only VEGF-VEGFR signaling but also the VEGF-independent regulation of angiogenesis, and to learn how to improve anti-angiogenesis therapy.|Animals[MESH]|Antineoplastic Agents/adverse effects/therapeutic use[MESH]|Clinical Trials as Topic[MESH]|Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/genetics[MESH]|Female[MESH]|Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Lymphangiogenesis/genetics[MESH]|Macular Degeneration/drug therapy[MESH]|Models, Biological[MESH]|Multigene Family/genetics[MESH]|Neovascularization, Pathologic/drug therapy/*genetics[MESH]|Neovascularization, Physiologic/genetics[MESH]|Placenta Growth Factor[MESH]|Pre-Eclampsia/genetics[MESH]|Pregnancy[MESH]|Pregnancy Proteins/genetics/physiology[MESH]|Protein Isoforms/genetics/physiology[MESH]|Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism/physiology[MESH]|Signal Transduction/genetics[MESH]|Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*physiology[MESH] |
