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Current Pharmaceutical Design

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1381-6128
ISSN (Online): 1873-4286

Identification of Novel Drug Targets for Angiostatic Cancer Therapy; It Takes Two to Tango

Author(s): Victor L.J.L. Thijssen, Judy R. van Beijnum, Kevin H. Mayo and Arjan W. Griffioen

Volume 13, Issue 35, 2007

Page: [3576 - 3583] Pages: 8

DOI: 10.2174/138161207782794121

Price: $65

Abstract

The development of novel treatment strategies for therapy of angiogenesis-dependent diseases requires identification of specific tumor endothelial cell markers to which therapeutic agents can be targeted. This can be achieved by random or targeted approaches. Random approaches are based on genomic screening to identify differences between normal and activated endothelium. Targeted approaches utilize known angiogenesis inhibitors to find their molecular targets. Both approaches may lead to the development of angiostatic therapies that are directly targeted towards activated endothelial cells. This review summarizes the recent developments in both approaches.

Keywords: HUVEC proliferation, angiogenesis, NGR binding motifs, endothelial cell based targets, Tumor


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