MicroRNA 34A–AXL axis regulates vasculogenic mimicry formation in breast cancer cells

D Lim, JG Cho, E Yun, A Lee, HY Ryu, YJ Lee, S Yoon… - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Targeting the tumor vasculature is an attractive strategy for cancer treatment. However, the
tumor vasculature is heterogeneous, and the mechanisms involved in the …

Twist1 expression induced by sunitinib accelerates tumor cell vasculogenic mimicry by increasing the population of CD133+ cells in triple-negative breast cancer

D Zhang, B Sun, X Zhao, Y Ma, R Ji, Q Gu, X Dong, J Li… - Molecular cancer, 2014 - Springer
Background Hypoxia induced by antiangiogenic agents is linked to the generation of cancer
stem cells (CSCs) and treatment failure through unknown mechanisms. The generation of …

Anti-angiogenic treatment promotes triple-negative breast cancer invasion via vasculogenic mimicry

H Sun, D Zhang, Z Yao, X Lin, J Liu, Q Gu… - Cancer biology & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Agents that target angiogenesis have shown limited efficacy for human triple-negative breast
cancer (TNBC) in clinical trials. Along with endothelium-dependent vessels, there is also …

Vasculogenic mimicry: current status and future prospects

S Zhang, D Zhang, B Sun - Cancer letters, 2007 - Elsevier
In 1999, Maniotis reported that blood vessels of highly aggressive uveal melanomas are
formed by tumor cells instead of endothelial cells. He termed this novel concept in tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Angiogenesis and vasculogenic mimicry as therapeutic targets in ovarian cancer

D Lim, Y Do, BS Kwon, W Chang, MS Lee, J Kim… - BMB …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tumor angiogenesis is an essential process for growth and metastasis of cancer cells as it
supplies tumors with oxygen and nutrients. During tumor angiogenesis, many pro …

Advances and prospects of vasculogenic mimicry in glioma: a potential new therapeutic target?

H Cai, W Liu, X Liu, Z Li, T Feng, Y Xue… - OncoTargets and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) is the formation of a “vessel-like” structure without endothelial
cells. VM exists in vascular-dependent solid tumors and is a special blood supply source …

Hemodynamics in vasculogenic mimicry and angiogenesis of inflammatory breast cancer xenograft

K Shirakawa, H Kobayashi, Y Heike, S Kawamoto… - Cancer research, 2002 - AACR
In the present study, we examined hemodynamics in vasculogenic mimicry (VM) and
angiogenesis of inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) xenografts (WIBC-9), having previously …

Fact or fiction, it is time for a verdict on vasculogenic mimicry?

A Valdivia, G Mingo, V Aldana, MP Pinto… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The term vasculogenic mimicry (VM) refers to the capacity of certain cancer cells to form fluid-
conducting structures within a tumor in an endothelial cell (EC)-free manner. Ever since its …

Investigation of the prognostic significance of vasculogenic mimicry and its inhibition by sorafenib in canine mammary gland tumors

MCM Prado, SAL Macedo, GG Guiraldelli… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Canine mammary gland tumor (CMT) is one of the most important tumors in intact female
dogs, and due its similarity to human breast cancer (BC), it is considered a model in …

[HTML][HTML] Tumour vasculogenic mimicry is associated with poor prognosis of human cancer patients: a systemic review and meta-analysis

Z Cao, M Bao, L Miele, FH Sarkar, Z Wang… - European journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) has been reported in various malignant tumours
and is known to play an important role in cancer progression and metastasis. However, the …