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ArticleScientific reports2016

Effects of endothelial cell proliferation and migration rates in a computational model of sprouting angiogenesis.

Kerri-Ann Norton, Aleksander S Popel

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

85 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Kerri-Ann NortonDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
Aleksander S PopelDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.

Funding

Systems Biology of Angiogenesis in Peripheral Arterial DiseaseR01HL101200 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI POPEL, ALEKSANDER S. · 2010 to 2022
$10.7M
Predictive experiment-based multiscale models of the tumor immune microenvironment and immunotherapy in breast cancerR01CA138264 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI POPEL, ALEKSANDER S. · 2009 to 2023
$8.1M
T32: Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Training Program in Nanotechnology for Cancer ResearchT32CA153952 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Denis Wirtz · 2015 to 2026
$3.5M
T-32 NIH Postdoctoral Training Program in Nanotechnology for Cancer Medicine NTCMT32CA130840 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WIRTZ, DENIS · 2008 to 2012
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA138264NCI NIH HHS T32 CA130840NCI NIH HHS T32 CA153952NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL101200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Angiogenesis, the recruitment of new blood vessels, is a critical process for the growth, expansion, and metastatic dissemination of developing tumors. Three types of cells make up the new vasculature: tip cells, which migrate in response to gradients of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), stalk cells, which proliferate and extend the vessels, and phalanx cells, which are quiescent and support the sprout. In this study we examine the contribution of tip cell migration rate and stalk cell proliferation rate on the formation of new vasculature. We calculate several vascular metrics, such as the number of vascular bifurcations per unit volume, vascular segment length per unit volume, and vascular tortuosity. These measurements predict that proliferation rate has a greater effect on the spread and extent of vascular growth compared to migration rate. Together, these findings provide strong implications for designing anti-angiogenic therapies that may differentially target endothelial cell proliferation and migration. Computational models can be used to predict optimal anti-angiogenic therapies in combination with other therapeutics to improve outcome.

Indexed as

Models, TheoreticalNeovascularization, PhysiologicCell MovementCell ProliferationEndothelial CellsHumansHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitVascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

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PMID27841344
PMCPMC5107954

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