Pathological angiogenesis: mechanisms and therapeutic strategies

AC Dudley, AW Griffioen - Angiogenesis, 2023 - Springer
In multicellular organisms, angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from pre-
existing ones, is an essential process for growth and development. Different mechanisms …

TGF-β-induced endothelial to mesenchymal transition in disease and tissue engineering

J Ma, G Sanchez-Duffhues, MJ Goumans… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Endothelial to mesenchymal transition (EndMT) is a complex biological process that gives
rise to cells with multipotent potential. EndMT is essential for the formation of the …

Cancer to bone: a fatal attraction

KN Weilbaecher, TA Guise, LK McCauley - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2011 - nature.com
When cancer metastasizes to bone, considerable pain and deregulated bone remodelling
occurs, greatly diminishing the possibility of cure. Metastasizing tumour cells mobilize and …

Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition: Purposeful versus maladaptive differentiation

J Bischoff - Circulation research, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
1164 Circulation Research April 12, 2019 blocked the EndMT and fibrotic markers and
reduced migration of TGFβ-treated valve endothelial cells. CD45 is not normally expressed …

Bone metastases

RE Coleman, J Brown, I Holen - Abeloff's clinical oncology, 2020 - Elsevier
Bone metastasis is a major cause of morbidity in persons with cancer. Complications include
pain, impaired mobility, pathological fracture, spinal cord compression, cranial nerve …

[HTML][HTML] Large oncosomes in human prostate cancer tissues and in the circulation of mice with metastatic disease

D Di Vizio, M Morello, AC Dudley, PW Schow… - The American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Oncosomes are tumor-derived microvesicles that transmit signaling complexes between cell
and tissue compartments. Herein, we show that amoeboid tumor cells export large (1-to 10 …

Co-evolution of tumor cells and their microenvironment

K Polyak, I Haviv, IG Campbell - Trends in genetics, 2009 - cell.com
Increasing evidence indicates that tumor–stromal cell interactions have a crucial role in
tumor initiation and progression. These interactions modify cellular compartments, leading to …

Role of BMI1, a stem cell factor, in cancer recurrence and chemoresistance: preclinical and clinical evidences

HR Siddique, M Saleem - Stem cells, 2012 - academic.oup.com
There is increasing evidence that a variety of cancers arise from transformation of normal
stem cells to cancer stem cells (CSCs). CSCs are thought to sustain cancer progression …

Tumor endothelial cells

AC Dudley - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
The vascular endothelium is a dynamic cellular “organ” that controls passage of nutrients
into tissues, maintains the flow of blood, and regulates the trafficking of leukocytes. In …

The great escape; the hallmarks of resistance to antiangiogenic therapy

JR Van Beijnum, P Nowak-Sliwinska… - Pharmacological …, 2015 - Elsevier
The concept of antiangiogenic therapy in cancer treatment has led to the approval of
different agents, most of them targeting the well known vascular endothelial growth factor …