The role of CXC chemokines in the regulation of angiogenesis.
The role of CXC chemokines in the regulation of angiogenesis.
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DOI:
10.1159/000058728
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发表时间:
1999-07
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通讯作者:
M. Keane;R. Strieter
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作者:
M. Keane;R. Strieter
Angiogenesis is defined as the growth of neovasculature from preexisting vessels. This is an important biological process central to a variety of physiologic and pathologic processes. The regulation of angiogenesis depends upon a dual, yet opposing balance of local factors which promote (angiogenic factors) or inhibit (angiostatic factors) neovascularization. For example, the rate of normal capillary endothelial cell turnover in adults is typically measured in months or years, suggesting the potential of an equivalent balance in the presence of both angiogenic and angiostatic factors under homeostatic conditions. By contrast, during wound repair and development of granulation tissue, this balance shifts in favor of a predominance of angiogenic factors leading to establishment of new functioning capillaries within a matter of days. Woundassociated angiogenesis is locally controlled and transient. As rapidly as neovascularization occurs in the wound, these neovessels virtually disappear, returning the tissue vasculature to a homeostatic environment. This abrupt termination of angiogenesis in the context of the resolution of wound repair supports the notion that the following occurs in the local environment: a marked reduction in the elaboration of angiogenic factors and/or a simultaneous increase in the levels of factors that inhibit neovascularization. In contrast to the precise regulation of angiogenesis of wound repair, dysregulation of angiogenesis can lead to an imbalance in the relationship of angiogenic and angiostatic factors that favors persistent net angiogenesis that contributes to the pathogenesis of chronic inflammation and solid tumor growth. The complement of angiogenic and angiostatic factors may vary among different physiologic and pathologic settings. However, the recognition of this