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- adjective Of or pertaining to
angiogenesis - adjective Of or pertaining to
blood vessels
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Examples
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Skeletal injury in humans results in 'angiogenic' responses primarily mediated by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a protein essential for bone repair in animal models.
BioMed Central - Latest articles John Street 2009
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The angiogenic factor midkine is regulated by dexamethasone and retinoic acid during alveolarization and in alveolar epithelial cells.
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“But this is a very important way of looking for anti-angiogenic therapy.”
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‘Based on our data, curcumin appears to suppress angiogenic activity in the fat tissue of mice fed high-fat diets.’
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In addition, the stem cell approach could allow the researchers to zero in on other potential anti-angiogenic proteins on chromosome 21 by tweaking gene copy numbers in the iPS cells.
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"Based on our data, curcumin appears to suppress angiogenic activity in the fat tissue of mice fed high fat diets."
Polyphenol found in turmeric reduces weight gain in animal studies 2009
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After the drug was stopped, mice treated with the anti-angiogenic drug "had more metastases, the metastases occurred more quickly, and they died sooner," Kerbel says.
Questions Swirl Around Avastin Matthew Herper 2009
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"Determination of the full efficacy and clinical role of rosiglitazone in the treatment of proliferative diabetic retinopathy and other angiogenic conditions awaits confirmation of risks and benefits and possibly large-scale definitive studies," the researchers concluded.
Diabetes Drug Rosiglitazone may reduce risk of eye disease 2008
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He is encouraged by success over the past decade treating children with life-threatening hemangiomas -- masses of blood capillaries -- with interferon-alpha, an older drug that has anti-angiogenic properties.
Folkman Looks Ahead 2007
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Alas, any anti-angiogenic effects the shark cartilage may have had in the test tube didn't translate to Lu's 384 human patients.
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