Figure 3: Nicotine stimulates angiogenesis in a mouse ... VEGF. HUVECs were grown in M199 (10% FBS), HCAEC in EGM-MV (endothelial cells from BioWhittaker, Walkersville, Maryland), and Lewis lung ...

The ability of tumours to induce new blood-vessel formation has been a major focus of cancer research over the past few decades, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is now known to be ...

When compared to wild-type mice, poorly differentiated tumors arising in FGF+/-and FGF-/-mice expressed higher levels of VEGF, and in some cases, increased levels of acidic ... and Ittmann M. 2003.

The liver breaks down dietary fructose into lipids that are used by cancer cells to boost their growth in mice. As the small intestine and liver metabolize most of the dietary fructose, the team ...

Brain support cells called astrocytes have long been found around glioblastomas, leading scientists to think that the cells rally to help fight the tumors, but recent studies have found that the cells ...

Rich’s team studied if the formation of tumors by stem cell-like glioma cells could be due to increased angiogenesis. Angiogenesis is often stimulated by a key growth factor called VEGF.

Hope for a much-needed treatment for the common pregnancy complication pre-eclampsia has been raised by a successful test of an mRNA therapy in mice ...

The lymphatic circulation is also a key player in disease processes such as cancer ... mouse corneal angiogenesis assay, FGF-2 stimulates both lymphangiogenesis and angiogenesis. FGF-2 upregulates ...