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- Title
The Role of CC-Chemokines in the Regulation of Angiogenesis.
- Authors
Ridiandries, Anisyah; Tan, Joanne T. M.; Bursill, Christina A.
- Abstract
Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels, is critical for survival and in the regenerative response to tissue injury or ischemia. However, in diseases such as cancer and atherosclerosis, inflammation can cause unregulated angiogenesis leading to excessive neovascularization, which exacerbates disease. Current anti-angiogenic therapies cause complete inhibition of both inflammatory and ischemia driven angiogenesis causing a range of side effects in patients. Specific inhibition of inflammation-driven angiogenesis would therefore be immensely valuable. Increasing evidence suggests that the CC-chemokine class promotes inflammation-driven angiogenesis,whilst there is little evidence for a role in ischemia-mediated angiogenesis. The differential regulation of angiogenesis by CC-chemokines suggests it may provide an alternate strategy to treat angiogenesis associated pathological diseases. The focus of this review is to highlight the significant role of the CC-chemokine class in inflammation, versus ischemia driven angiogenesis, and to discuss the related pathologies including atherosclerosis, cancer, and rheumatoid arthritis. We examine the pros and cons of anti-angiogenic therapies currently in clinical trials. We also reveal novel therapeutic strategies that cause broad-spectrum inhibition of the CC-chemokine class that may have future potential for the specific inhibition of inflammatory angiogenesis.
- Subjects
REGULATION of neovascularization; PHYSIOLOGICAL control systems; CHEMOKINE genetics; CHEMOKINE receptors; INFLAMMATORY mediators
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2016, Vol 17, Issue 11, p1856
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms17111856