Published February 25, 2010
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Journal article
Angiogenesis and Melanoma
- 1. Department of Human Anatomy and Histology, University of Bari Medical School, Piazza G. Cesare, 11, Policlinico 70124, Bari (Italy)
Description
Angiogenesis occurs in pathological conditions, such as tumors, where a specific critical point in tumor progression is the transition from the avascular to the vascular phase. Tumor angiogenesis depends mainly on the release by neoplastic cells of growth factors specific for endothelial cells, which are able to stimulate the growth of the host's blood vessels. This article summarizes the literature concerning the relationship between angiogenesis and human melanoma progression. The recent applications of antiangiogenic agents which interfere with melanoma progression are also described
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers2010114; Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3827594Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Cancers (Basel)
- Journal Volume
- 2
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 114-132
- ISSN
- 2072-6694
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Switzerland
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 47001856
- Subject category
- S60: APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD VESSELS; GROWTH FACTORS; MELANOMAS
- Descriptors DEC
- BODY; CARCINOMAS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASES; EPITHELIOMAS; MITOGENS; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANS; PROTEINS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2010 by the authors
- Notes
- PMCID: PMC3827594; PMID: 24281035; PUBLISHER-ID: cancers-02-00114; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3827594; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland.; This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).