Molecular Mechanisms of Angiogenesis From Ontogenesis to Oncogenesis [Hardcover]

Angiogenesis is a multi-stage process that drives the generation of new blood and lymphatic vessels from pre-existing ones. It is highly active during embryogenesis, largely inactive during adulthood but reactivated during wound healing and under a number of pathological conditions including cancer and ocular diseases. In addition to endothelial cells, which line the walls of the vessels, several other cell types (pericytes, macrophages, progenitor cells&) also contribute to angiogenesis. A number of signaling pathways are activated and very finely tune the delicate morphogenetic events that ultimately lead to the formation of stable blood proof neovessels.

This book reviews recent advances in our understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms of angiogenesis, with a focus on how to integrate these observations into the context of developmental, post-natal and pathological neovascularization.

The book was published under the auspices of the French Angiogenesis Society. Most contributors are prominent members of this Society or international researchers who have actively contributed to the Annual Meetings of the Society.

This book reviews recent advances in understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms of angiogenesis, with a focus on how to integrate these observations into the context of developmental, post-natal and pathological neovascularization.Emergence of Endothelial Cells During Vascular Development.- Lymphatic Vascular Morphogenesis.- Finding New Partnerships; The Function of Individual Extracellular Receptor Domains in Angiogenic Signalling by VEGF Receptors.- Wnt/ Frizzled Signaling in the Vasculature.- BMP9, BMP10 And ALK1: An Emerging Vascular Signaling Pathway With Therapeutic Applications.- Apeling Signaling in Retinal Angiogenesis.- Emerging Role of the Two Related Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins.- TAL1 and LYL1 In Angiogenesis.- Hypoxia and Extracellular Matrix Remodeling.- Sphinlƒ'