Abstract
Sustained angiogenesis is essential for cancer progression and metastasis. Targeting on proangiogenic factors has been demonstrated to improve overall survival in several cancers when combined with chemotherapy. However, the clinical benefits are transient and drug resistance is usually developed rapidly. In this chapter, the characteristics of key pro-angiogenic factors and their targeted therapies were summarized. The postulated mechanisms of the drug resistance and the potential strategies to improve antiangiogenic therapies are briefly discussed.
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Abbreviations
- BMDCs:
-
Bone marrow-derived cells (BMDCs)
- FGF:
-
Fibroblast growth factor
- ICAM:
-
Intercellular adhesion molecule
- MMPs:
-
Matrix metalloproteinases
- NSCLC:
-
Non-small cell lung cancer
- PDGF:
-
Platelet-derived growth factor
- PFS:
-
Progression-free survival
- PIGF:
-
Placental growth factor
- VEGF:
-
Vascular endothelial growth factor
- VPF:
-
Vascular permeability factor
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This work is supported in part by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81372245), the Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China.
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Huang, Y. (2016). Resistance to Angiokinase Inhibitors. In: Focosi, D. (eds) Resistance to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors. Resistance to Targeted Anti-Cancer Therapeutics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46091-8_6
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