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ID 110690
Author
Uehara, Hisanori Department ofMolecular and Environmental Pathology, TheUniversity of Tokushima School of Medicine Tokushima University Educator and Researcher Directory KAKEN Search Researchers
Keywords
angiogenesis
prostate cancer
metastasis
antiangiogenic therapy
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
Tumor-associated angiogenesis refers to the growth of newvessels toward and within the tumor. Several studies have revealed that increasing intratumoral microvessel density, a major of tumor-associated angiogenesis, correlates with greater aggressiveness of prostate cancer. Angiogenesis consists of multiple, sequential, and interdependent steps dependent on the local balance of proangiogenic and antiangiogenic molecules. Many proangiogenic and antiangiogenic molecules have been demonstrated to regulate growth and metastasis of prostate cancer. As tumor-associated angiogenesis is a crucial step in the process of prostate cancer development, inhibition of tumor neovascularization, and/or destruction of tumor vasculature (antiangiogenic therapy)may maintain the tumors in a dormant state or, perhaps in combination with cytotoxic therapies, potentiate shrinkage of tumors. Recently, therapeutic agents targeting the receptors of proangiogenic molecules and their signal transduction cascade have been developed. In this article, the role of angiogenic molecules in prostate cancer biology, and the application of angiogenesis inhibition to therapeutics for prostate cancer are reviewed.
Journal Title
The journal of medical investigation : JMI
ISSN
13431420
NCID
AA11166929
Volume
50
Issue
3-4
Start Page
146
End Page
153
Sort Key
146
Published Date
2003
EDB ID
FullText File
language
eng
TextVersion
Publisher
departments
University Hospital