Do endothelial cells dream of eclectic shape?

K Bentley, A Philippides, ER Regan - Developmental cell, 2014 - cell.com
Endothelial cells (ECs) exhibit dramatic plasticity of form at the single-and collective-cell
level during new vessel growth, adult vascular homeostasis, and pathology. Understanding …

Systems biology of the microvasculature

LE Clegg, F Mac Gabhann - Integrative Biology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The vascular network carries blood throughout the body, delivering oxygen to tissues and
providing a pathway for communication between distant organs. The network is hierarchical …

Neuropilin-VEGF signaling pathway acts as a key modulator of vascular, lymphatic, and inflammatory cell responses of the bladder to intravesical BCG treatment

MR Saban, TJ Sferra, CA Davis… - American Journal …, 2010 - journals.physiology.org
Recent findings indicate that VEGF receptors and coreceptors (neuropilins; NRP) are
expressed on nonendothelial cells in human bladder urothelium, in one human bladder …

Mathematical modeling of cellular cross-talk between endothelial and tumor cells highlights counterintuitive effects of VEGF-targeted therapies

H Jain, T Jackson - Bulletin of mathematical biology, 2018 - Springer
Tumor growth and progression are critically dependent on the establishment of a vascular
support system. This is often accomplished via the expression of pro-angiogenic growth …

Application of combination chemotherapy in two dimensional tumor growth model with heterogeneous vasculature

I Lampropoulos, M Kavousanakis - Chemical Engineering Science, 2023 - Elsevier
We simulate the dynamics of a growing, vascular tumor with a heterogeneous vasculature
and its behaviour under combination chemotherapy. The studied model includes two spatial …

Quantifying the phosphorylation timescales of receptor–ligand complexes: a Markovian matrix-analytic approach

M López-García, M Nowicka, C Bendtsen… - Open …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Cells interact with the extracellular environment by means of receptor molecules on their
surface. Receptors can bind different ligands, leading to the formation of receptor–ligand …

Analysis of anticancer efficiency of combined fractionated radiotherapy and antiangiogenic therapy via mathematical modelling

MB Kuznetsov, VV Gubernov… - Russian Journal of …, 2018 - degruyter.com
One of the relatively new modalities in treatment of cancer is antiangiogenic therapy (AAT),
which stops the formation of new blood vessels, thus leading to nutrient deprivation of a …

Antiangiogenic Therapy Efficacy Can Be Tumor-Size Dependent, as Mathematical Modeling Suggests

M Kuznetsov, A Kolobov - Mathematics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Antiangiogenic therapy (AAT) is an indirect oncological modality that is aimed at the
disruption of cancer cell nutrient supply. Invasive tumors have been shown to possess …

Vascular endothelial growth factor B inhibits lipid accumulation in C2C12 myotubes incubated with fatty acids

LJ Li, J Ma, SB Li, X Chen, J Zhang - Growth Factors, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
To investigate (1) the effect of vascular endothelial growth factor B (VEGFB) on lipid
accumulation and the alteration of fatty acids and fatty acid-related enzymes in C2C12 …

A computational framework for modelling solid tumour growth

BA Lloyd, D Szczerba, M Rudin… - … Transactions of the …, 2008 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The biology of cancer is a complex interplay of many underlying processes, taking place at
different scales both in space and time. A variety of theoretical models have been …