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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-9-24
pubmed:abstractText
The microcirculation of tumors is severely disturbed. Tumors are usually supplied by fragile capillaries and do not possess the natural hierarchy of blood vessels. The detection of specific markers for arterial and venous endothelial cells (ECs) now enables us to study the vascular tree in tumors. We have injected rat C6 glioma and human A375 melanoma cells into 3.5- to 4-day-old avian embryos. After 10-12 days of reincubation the tumor cells formed solid tumors vascularized by host ECs. In contrast to the melanomas, the gliomas induced an almost normal vascular tree with arterial and venous vessels. The arterial vessels express the arterial EC marker ephrin-B2, and possess a media of smooth muscle alpha-actin (alphaSMA)-positive cells. Venular vessels in the gliomas are ephrin-B2-negative/alphaSMA-positive. Although the gliomas may represent a rare case of vascular tree induction in tumors, the results underline the heterogeneity of tumor-induced angiogenesis. This has an impact on tumor blood flow and thereby also on the efficacy of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0948-6143
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
118
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
241-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12271360-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:12271360-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12271360-Chick Embryo, pubmed-meshheading:12271360-Embryo, Nonmammalian, pubmed-meshheading:12271360-Ephrin-B2, pubmed-meshheading:12271360-Glioma, pubmed-meshheading:12271360-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12271360-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:12271360-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:12271360-Melanoma, pubmed-meshheading:12271360-Muscle, Smooth, pubmed-meshheading:12271360-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:12271360-Neovascularization, Pathologic, pubmed-meshheading:12271360-Quail, pubmed-meshheading:12271360-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12271360-Transplantation, Heterologous, pubmed-meshheading:12271360-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12271360-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Development of an arterial tree in C6 gliomas but not in A375 melanomas.
pubmed:affiliation
Anatomisches Institut II der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 17, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't