Molecular mechanisms and future implications of VEGF/VEGFR in cancer therapy

SA Patel, MB Nilsson, X Le, T Cascone, RK Jain… - Clinical Cancer …, 2023 - AACR
Angiogenesis, the sprouting of new blood vessels from existing vessels, is one of six known
mechanisms employed by solid tumors to recruit blood vessels necessary for their initiation …

VEGF in signaling and disease: beyond discovery and development

RS Apte, DS Chen, N Ferrara - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
The discovery of vascular endothelial-derived growth factor (VEGF) has revolutionized our
understanding of vasculogenesis and angiogenesis during development and physiological …

Consensus guidelines for the use and interpretation of angiogenesis assays

P Nowak-Sliwinska, K Alitalo, E Allen, A Anisimov… - Angiogenesis, 2018 - Springer
The formation of new blood vessels, or angiogenesis, is a complex process that plays
important roles in growth and development, tissue and organ regeneration, as well as …

Anti-angiogenesis for cancer revisited: Is there a role for combinations with immunotherapy?

RR Ramjiawan, AW Griffioen, DG Duda - Angiogenesis, 2017 - Springer
Angiogenesis is defined as the formation of new blood vessels from preexisting vessels and
has been characterized as an essential process for tumor cell proliferation and viability. This …

Ten years of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy

N Ferrara, AP Adamis - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2016 - nature.com
The targeting of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA), a crucial regulator of both
normal and pathological angiogenesis, has revealed innovative therapeutic approaches in …

Antiangiogenesis strategies revisited: from starving tumors to alleviating hypoxia

RK Jain - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
Ten antiangiogenic drugs targeting VEGF or its receptors are approved for cancer treatment.
However, these agents, intended to block tumors' blood supply, may cause hypoxia, which …

VEGF targets the tumour cell

HL Goel, AM Mercurio - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
The function of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in cancer is not limited to
angiogenesis and vascular permeability. VEGF-mediated signalling occurs in tumour cells …

Normalizing tumor microenvironment to treat cancer: bench to bedside to biomarkers

RK Jain - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2013 - ascopubs.org
For almost four decades, my work has focused on one challenge: improving the delivery and
efficacy of anticancer therapeutics. Working on the hypothesis that the abnormal tumor …

PD-L1-directed PlGF/VEGF blockade synergizes with chemotherapy by targeting CD141+ cancer-associated fibroblasts in pancreatic cancer

DK Kim, J Jeong, DS Lee, DY Hyeon, GW Park… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has a poor 5-year overall survival rate. Patients
with PDAC display limited benefits after undergoing chemotherapy or immunotherapy …

Role of VEGFs/VEGFR-1 signaling and its inhibition in modulating tumor invasion: experimental evidence in different metastatic cancer models

C Ceci, MG Atzori, PM Lacal, G Graziani - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family members, VEGF-A, placenta growth
factor (PlGF), and to a lesser extent VEGF-B, play an essential role in tumor-associated …