Targeting the tumour vasculature: from vessel destruction to promotion

S Guelfi, K Hodivala-Dilke, G Bergers - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
As angiogenesis was recognized as a core hallmark of cancer growth and survival, several
strategies have been implemented to target the tumour vasculature. Yet to date, attempts …

Brain metastases

AS Achrol, RC Rennert, C Anders, R Soffietti… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
An estimated 20% of all patients with cancer will develop brain metastases, with the majority
of brain metastases occurring in those with lung, breast and colorectal cancers, melanoma …

The microenvironmental landscape of brain tumors

DF Quail, JA Joyce - Cancer cell, 2017 - cell.com
The brain tumor microenvironment (TME) is emerging as a critical regulator of cancer
progression in primary and metastatic brain malignancies. The unique properties of this …

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 …

Vessel co-option in cancer

EA Kuczynski, PB Vermeulen, F Pezzella… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2019 - nature.com
All solid tumours require a vascular supply in order to progress. Although the ability to
induce angiogenesis (new blood vessel growth) has long been regarded as essential to this …

Resistance mechanisms to anti-angiogenic therapies in cancer

Y Haibe, M Kreidieh, H El Hajj, I Khalifeh… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Tumor growth and metastasis rely on tumor vascular network for the adequate supply of
oxygen and nutrients. Tumor angiogenesis relies on a highly complex program of growth …

Vessel co-option mediates resistance to anti-angiogenic therapy in liver metastases

S Frentzas, E Simoneau, VL Bridgeman… - Nature medicine, 2016 - nature.com
The efficacy of angiogenesis inhibitors in cancer is limited by resistance mechanisms that
are poorly understood. Notably, instead of through the induction of angiogenesis, tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Serpins promote cancer cell survival and vascular co-option in brain metastasis

M Valiente, AC Obenauf, X Jin, Q Chen, XHF Zhang… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Brain metastasis is an ominous complication of cancer, yet most cancer cells that infiltrate
the brain die of unknown causes. Here, we identify plasmin from the reactive brain stroma as …

Anti-angiogenic therapy for cancer: current progress, unresolved questions and future directions

NS Vasudev, AR Reynolds - Angiogenesis, 2014 - Springer
Tumours require a vascular supply to grow and can achieve this via the expression of pro-
angiogenic growth factors, including members of the vascular endothelial growth factor …

Glioma: experimental models and reality

K Lenting, R Verhaak, M Ter Laan, P Wesseling… - Acta …, 2017 - Springer
In theory, in vitro and in vivo models for human gliomas have great potential to not only
enhance our understanding of glioma biology, but also to facilitate the development of novel …