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- Title
Nowotworowe naczynia krwionośne.
- Authors
Szala, Stanisław; Jarosz, Magdalena
- Abstract
Growth of tumors usually depends on the development of the tumor's own vasculature. Small avascular tumors (1-2 mm3) cannot continue growth provided an equilibrium between pro-angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors is maintained within the tumor environment. Angiogenesis is not the only factor responsible for tumor blood vessels forming, as vasculogenic mimicry plays an equally substantial role in this process. Vessel-like structures formed during this process are made up from cancer cells, macrophages and mast cells. Certain neoplasms are capable of growing without developing their own vasculature; instead they secure growth via normal blood vessels of the host. Slowed-down blood flow through an abnormally built tumor vascular network is the main reason for cancer cells' underoxygenation (hypoxia). Defective blood vessels, with hypoxia resulting, play a major role in tumor progression. Underoxygenation induces formation of novel vessels and these new defective vessels are in turn the principal reason for hypoxia. The latter increases cancer cells' malignancy and invasiveness. A particular process, called transdifferentiation, takes place in tumor vasculature when hypoxia is present and involves neoplastic cells transforming into endothelial cells. Since growth of a tumor is dependent on its own blood supply, inhibition of such vascular network growth and/or damage to this network should exert a strong impact on tumor growth. Longterm administration of anti-angiogenic drugs, however, encounters unexpected problems. Antiangiogenic drug resistance, together with paradoxical stimulation of invasiveness and metastasis by these drugs, has lately become a dominant issue in anticancer therapy
- Subjects
CEREBRAL anoxia; HYPEROXIA; ONCOLOGY; CANCER invasiveness; CONNECTIVE tissue cells
- Publication
Advances in Hygiene & Experimental Medicine / Postepy Higieny i Medycyny Doswiadczalnej, 2011, Vol 65, p437
- ISSN
0032-5449
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5604/17322693.951193