Molecular mechanisms and future implications of VEGF/VEGFR in cancer therapy

SA Patel, MB Nilsson, X Le, T Cascone, RK Jain… - Clinical Cancer …, 2023 - AACR
Angiogenesis, the sprouting of new blood vessels from existing vessels, is one of six known
mechanisms employed by solid tumors to recruit blood vessels necessary for their initiation …

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 …

VEGF drives cancer-initiating stem cells through VEGFR-2/Stat3 signaling to upregulate Myc and Sox2

D Zhao, C Pan, J Sun, C Gilbert, K Drews-Elger… - Oncogene, 2015 - nature.com
Vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF), a potent angiogenic factor, is also implicated in
self-renewal in several normal tissue types. VEGF has been shown to drive malignant stem …

[HTML][HTML] Implication of tumor microenvironment in chemoresistance: tumor-associated stromal cells protect tumor cells from cell death

M Castells, B Thibault, JP Delord… - International journal of …, 2012 - mdpi.com
Tumor development principally occurs following the accumulation of genetic and epigenetic
alterations in tumor cells. These changes pave the way for the transformation of …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor VEGF: VEGFR2 autocrine feed-forward loop triggers angiogenesis in lung cancer

S Chatterjee, LC Heukamp, M Siobal… - The Journal of …, 2013 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The molecular mechanisms that control the balance between antiangiogenic and
proangiogenic factors and initiate the angiogenic switch in tumors remain poorly defined. By …

Tumor microenvironment: a new treatment target for cancer

MJ Tsai, WA Chang, MS Huang… - International Scholarly …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in cancer therapy encounter a bottleneck. Relapsing/recurrent disease
almost always developed eventually with resistance to the initially effective drugs. Tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Delphinidin reduces cell proliferation and induces apoptosis of non-small-cell lung cancer cells by targeting EGFR/VEGFR2 signaling pathways

HC Pal, S Sharma, LR Strickland, J Agarwal, M Athar… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2
(VEGFR2) have emerged as two effective clinical targets for non-small-cell lung cancer …

[HTML][HTML] HBO1 induces histone acetylation and is important for non-small cell lung cancer cell growth

T Chen, H Hao, Y Zhang, X Chen, H Zhao… - … Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We examined the expression and the potential biological function of HBO1 in non-small cell
lung cancer (NSCLC). TCGA and Oncomine databases showed that HBO1 transcripts were …

[HTML][HTML] Integrative Analysis of DNA Methylation and Gene Expression Data Identifies EPAS1 as a Key Regulator of COPD

S Yoo, S Takikawa, P Geraghty, C Argmann… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a complex disease. Genetic, epigenetic,
and environmental factors are known to contribute to COPD risk and disease progression …

[HTML][HTML] Frequent coamplification and cooperation between C-MYC and PVT1 oncogenes promote malignant pleural mesothelioma

E Riquelme, MB Suraokar, J Rodriguez, B Mino… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2014 - Elsevier
Introduction: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a deadly disease with poor
prognosis and few treatment options. We characterized and elucidated the roles of C-MYC …