Pathological angiogenesis: mechanisms and therapeutic strategies

AC Dudley, AW Griffioen - Angiogenesis, 2023 - Springer
In multicellular organisms, angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from pre-
existing ones, is an essential process for growth and development. Different mechanisms …

Hypoxic microenvironment in cancer: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic interventions

Z Chen, F Han, Y Du, H Shi, W Zhou - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
Having a hypoxic microenvironment is a common and salient feature of most solid tumors.
Hypoxia has a profound effect on the biological behavior and malignant phenotype of …

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 …

Improving cancer immunotherapy using nanomedicines: progress, opportunities and challenges

JD Martin, H Cabral, T Stylianopoulos… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2020 - nature.com
Multiple nanotherapeutics have been approved for patients with cancer, but their effects on
survival have been modest and, in some examples, less than those of other approved …

Enhancing cancer immunotherapy using antiangiogenics: opportunities and challenges

D Fukumura, J Kloepper, Z Amoozgar… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2018 - nature.com
Immunotherapy has emerged as a major therapeutic modality in oncology. Currently,
however, the majority of patients with cancer do not derive benefit from these treatments …

Consensus guidelines for the use and interpretation of angiogenesis assays

P Nowak-Sliwinska, K Alitalo, E Allen, A Anisimov… - Angiogenesis, 2018 - Springer
The formation of new blood vessels, or angiogenesis, is a complex process that plays
important roles in growth and development, tissue and organ regeneration, as well as …

Improving immunotherapy outcomes with anti-angiogenic treatments and vice versa

KA Khan, RS Kerbel - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2018 - nature.com
Immunotherapies have revolutionized medical oncology following the remarkable and, in
some cases, unprecedented outcomes observed in certain groups of patients with cancer …

Reengineering the physical microenvironment of tumors to improve drug delivery and efficacy: from mathematical modeling to bench to bedside

T Stylianopoulos, LL Munn, RK Jain - Trends in cancer, 2018 - cell.com
Physical forces have a crucial role in tumor progression and cancer treatment. The
application of principles of engineering and physical sciences to oncology has provided …

An HIF-1α/VEGF-A axis in cytotoxic T cells regulates tumor progression

A Palazon, PA Tyrakis, D Macias, P Veliça… - Cancer cell, 2017 - cell.com
Cytotoxic T cells infiltrating tumors are thought to utilize HIF transcription factors during
adaptation to the hypoxic tumor microenvironment. Deletion analyses of the two key HIF …

The two faces of IL-6 in the tumor microenvironment

DT Fisher, MM Appenheimer, SS Evans - Seminars in immunology, 2014 - Elsevier
Within the tumor microenvironment, IL-6 signaling is generally considered a malevolent
player, assuming a dark visage that promotes tumor progression. Chronic IL-6 signaling is …