Abstract
Angiogenesis refers to the formation of recent blood vessels, which is one of the characteristics of cancer progression and it has been deliberated as a putative target to the treatment of many kinds of cancers. The VEGF signaling substrate is very important for angiogenesis and is commonly high-regulated in tumors. As a result, this molecule has attracted the attention of most of the researchers to develop antiangiogenic therapies. We have presented that VEGF blockage in neoadjuvant setting via bevacizumab, aflibercept and sunitinib not only has revealed some promising benefits but also has shown a large negative outcome in the adjuvant trials. However, at an advanced stage of tumors, suppression of VEGF alone is inadequate to stop advancement, encouraging drug resistance, and probably enhancing metastasis and invasion in the tumor microenvironment, thereby suggesting the therapeutic potential of targeting angiogenic pathways in gastrointestinal cancers.
Keywords: angiogenesis, vascular endothelial growth factor, bevacizumab, blood vessels, cancers, antiangiogenic therapies.
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Title:miRNA Targeting Angiogenesis as a Potential Therapeutic Approach in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancers
Volume: 24 Issue: 39
Author(s): Forouzan Amerizadeh, Majid Khazaei, Mona Maftouh, Ramin Mardani and Afsane Bahrami*
Affiliation:
- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand,Iran
Keywords: angiogenesis, vascular endothelial growth factor, bevacizumab, blood vessels, cancers, antiangiogenic therapies.
Abstract: Angiogenesis refers to the formation of recent blood vessels, which is one of the characteristics of cancer progression and it has been deliberated as a putative target to the treatment of many kinds of cancers. The VEGF signaling substrate is very important for angiogenesis and is commonly high-regulated in tumors. As a result, this molecule has attracted the attention of most of the researchers to develop antiangiogenic therapies. We have presented that VEGF blockage in neoadjuvant setting via bevacizumab, aflibercept and sunitinib not only has revealed some promising benefits but also has shown a large negative outcome in the adjuvant trials. However, at an advanced stage of tumors, suppression of VEGF alone is inadequate to stop advancement, encouraging drug resistance, and probably enhancing metastasis and invasion in the tumor microenvironment, thereby suggesting the therapeutic potential of targeting angiogenic pathways in gastrointestinal cancers.
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Amerizadeh Forouzan , Khazaei Majid , Maftouh Mona , Mardani Ramin and Bahrami Afsane *, miRNA Targeting Angiogenesis as a Potential Therapeutic Approach in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancers, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2018; 24 (39) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612825666190110161843
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