[HTML][HTML] Vasculogenic mimicry in breast cancer: clinical relevance and drivers

G Morales-Guadarrama, R García-Becerra… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
In solid tumors, vasculogenic mimicry (VM) is the formation of vascular structures by cancer
cells, allowing to generate a channel-network able to transport blood and tumor cells. While …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of vasculogenic mimicry in breast cancer

MA Andonegui-Elguera, Y Alfaro-Mora… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) is the formation of vascular channels lacking endothelial cells.
These channels are lined by tumor cells with cancer stem cell features, positive for periodic …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor vasculogenic mimicry formation as an unfavorable prognostic indicator in patients with breast cancer

Y Shen, J Quan, M Wang, S Li, J Yang, M Lv, Z Chen… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Vasculogenic mimicry (VM), a newly defined pattern of tumor blood perfusion, describes the
functional plasticity of aggressive tumor cells forming de novo vascular networks and is …

[HTML][HTML] Physicochemical aspects of the tumour microenvironment as drivers of vasculogenic mimicry

E Andreucci, S Peppicelli, J Ruzzolini… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2022 - Springer
Tumour vascularisation is vital for cancer sustainment representing not only the main source
of nutrients and oxygen supply but also an escape route for single or clustered cancer cells …

Vasculogenic mimicry, a complex and devious process favoring tumorigenesis–interest in making it a therapeutic target

L Treps, S Faure, N Clere - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
Tumor cell vasculogenic mimicry (VM), also dubbed vascular mimicry, describes the
plasticity of aggressive cancer cells forming de novo vascular networks and is associated …

Epithelial mesenchymal transition and vascular mimicry in breast cancer stem cells

S Kotiyal, S Bhattacharya - Critical Reviews™ in Eukaryotic …, 2015 - dl.begellhouse.com
Vasculogenic mimicry (VM), a newly defined pattern of tumor microvascularization differs
from angiogenesis and vasculogenesis in its noninvolvement of endothelial cells, by which …

Advanced research on vasculogenic mimicry in cancer

L Qiao, N Liang, J Zhang, J Xie, F Liu… - Journal of cellular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) is a brand‐new tumour vascular paradigm independent of
angiogenesis that describes the specific capacity of aggressive cancer cells to form vessel …

[HTML][HTML] Epithelial-to-endothelial transition and cancer stem cells: two cornerstones of vasculogenic mimicry in malignant tumors

B Sun, D Zhang, N Zhao, X Zhao - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) is a functional microcirculation pattern in malignant tumors
accompanied by endothelium-dependent vessels and mosaic vessels. VM has been …

Overview of advances in vasculogenic mimicry–a potential target for tumor therapy

H Ge, H Luo - Cancer management and research, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) describes the process utilized by highly aggressive cancer cells
to generate vascular-like structures without the presence of endothelial cells. VM has been …

[HTML][HTML] Vasculogenic mimicry: become an endothelial cell “but not so much”

M Fernández-Cortés, D Delgado-Bellido… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Blood vessels supply all body tissues with nutrients and oxygen, take away waste products
and allow the arrival of immune cells and other cells (pericytes, smooth muscle cells) that …