VEGF targets the tumour cell

HL Goel, AM Mercurio - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
The function of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in cancer is not limited to
angiogenesis and vascular permeability. VEGF-mediated signalling occurs in tumour cells …

Cellular and molecular processes in ovarian cancer metastasis. A Review in the Theme: Cell and Molecular Processes in Cancer Metastasis

TL Yeung, CS Leung, KP Yip… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological malignancy. It is usually diagnosed at a late
stage, with a 5-yr survival rate of< 30%. The majority of ovarian cancer cases are diagnosed …

Phase II trial of bevacizumab in persistent or recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer or primary peritoneal cancer: a Gynecologic Oncology Group Study

RA Burger, MW Sill, BJ Monk, BE Greer… - Journal of clinical …, 2007 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) seems to be a promoter of tumor
progression for epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) and primary peritoneal cancer (PPC). We …

Ovarian cancer metastasis: integrating insights from disparate model organisms

H Naora, DJ Montell - Nature reviews cancer, 2005 - nature.com
Despite considerable efforts to improve early detection, and advances in chemotherapy,
metastasis remains a major challenge in the clinical management of ovarian cancer. Studies …

Significance of vascular endothelial growth factor in growth and peritoneal dissemination of ovarian cancer

S Masoumi Moghaddam, A Amini, DL Morris… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2012 - Springer
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a key regulator of angiogenesis which drives
endothelial cell survival, proliferation, and migration while increasing vascular permeability …

Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 in breast cancer

S Guo, LS Colbert, M Fuller, Y Zhang… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2010 - Elsevier
Investigations over the last decade have established the essential role of growth factors and
their receptors during angiogenesis and carcinogenesis. The vascular endothelial growth …

[HTML][HTML] Angiogenesis in gynecological cancers and the options for anti-angiogenesis therapy

B Yetkin-Arik, AW Kastelein, I Klaassen… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2021 - Elsevier
Angiogenesis is required in cancer, including gynecological cancers, for the growth of
primary tumors and secondary metastases. Development of anti-angiogenesis therapy in …

Targeting Stat3 in cancer therapy

N Jing, DJ Tweardy - Anti-cancer drugs, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Stat3 is constitutively activated in many human cancers where it functions as a critical
mediator of oncogenic signaling through transcriptional activation of genes encoding …

Bevacizumab use in the frontline, maintenance and recurrent settings for ovarian cancer

CE Haunschild, KS Tewari - Future Oncology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
On 13 June 2018, Genentech, Inc. issued a press release announcing that the US FDA had
approved the antiangiogenesis drug, bevacizumab, in combination with chemotherapy for …

Solution structure of the major G-quadruplex formed in the human VEGF promoter in K+: insights into loop interactions of the parallel G-quadruplexes

P Agrawal, E Hatzakis, K Guo, M Carver… - Nucleic acids …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) proximal promoter region contains a poly G/C-
rich element that is essential for basal and inducible VEGF expression. The guanine-rich …