Anti-angiogenic cancer therapy based on integrin αvβ3 antagonism

W Cai, X Chen - Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry …, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from pre-existing vasculature, is a
fundamental process during cancer progression. Anti-angiogenic strategies have been …

How molecular imaging is speeding up antiangiogenic drug development

W Cai, J Rao, SS Gambhir, X Chen - Molecular cancer therapeutics, 2006 - AACR
Drug development is a long process that generally spans about 10 to 15 years. The shift in
recent drug discovery to novel agents against specific molecular targets highlights the need …

Heparin-II domain of fibronectin is a vascular endothelial growth factor-binding domain: enhancement of VEGF biological activity by a singular growth factor/matrix …

ES Wijelath, S Rahman, M Namekata, J Murray… - Circulation …, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc
We describe extracellular interactions between fibronectin (Fn) and vascular endothelial
growth factor (VEGF) that influence integrin-growth factor receptor crosstalk and cellular …

Quantitative PET imaging of tumor integrin αvβ3 expression with 18F-FRGD2

X Zhang, Z Xiong, Y Wu, W Cai, JR Tseng… - Journal of nuclear …, 2006 - Soc Nuclear Med
The development of noninvasive methods to visualize and quantify integrin αvβ3 expression
in vivo appears to be crucial for the success of antiangiogenic therapy based on integrin …

Intrinsic FAK activity and Y925 phosphorylation facilitate an angiogenic switch in tumors

SK Mitra, D Mikolon, JE Molina, DA Hsia, DA Hanson… - Oncogene, 2006 - nature.com
Elevated focal adhesion kinase (FAK) expression occurs in advanced cancers, yet a
signaling role for FAK in tumor progression remains undefined. Here, we suppressed FAK …

Thyroid hormone is a MAPK-dependent growth factor for thyroid cancer cells and is anti-apoptotic.

HY Lin, HY Tang, A Shih, T Keating, G Cao, PJ Davis… - Steroids, 2006 - europepmc.org
Thyroid hormone (l-thyroxine, T (4), or 3, 5, 3'-triiodo-l-thyronine, T (3)) treatment of human
papillary and follicular thyroid cancer cell lines resulted in enhanced cell proliferation …

Semaphorin 3C regulates endothelial cell function by increasing integrin activity

N Banu, J Teichman, M Dunlap‐Brown… - The FASEB …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Class 3 semaphorins (sema 3) are secreted guidance proteins. Sema 3A expressed by
endothelial cells controls vascular morphogenesis through integrin inhibition. Sema 3C is …

Peptide‐based molecules in angiogenesis

LD D'Andrea, A Del Gatto, C Pedone… - Chemical biology & …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Angiogenesis refers to the process of remodeling the vascular tissue characterized by the
branching out of a new blood vessel from a pre‐existing vessel. Angiogenesis is particularly …

Хроническое воспаление повышает риск развития эпителиальных новообразований, индуцируя предраковое микроокружение: анализ механизмов …

ПМ Шварцбурд - Вопросы онкологии, 2006 - elibrary.ru
Локальное хроническое воспаление повышает риск развития эпителиальных
новообразований. Механизмы такого патогенетического действия хронического …

[HTML][HTML] The role of Src kinase in insulin-like growth factor-dependent mitogenic signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells

J Lieskovska, Y Ling, J Badley-Clarke… - Journal of biological …, 2006 - ASBMB
Activation of the MAPK pathway mediates insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I)-dependent
proliferation in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC). Our previous studies have shown that …