Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF): Biology, Regulation and Clinical Significance

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Marcellus L. Parker (Editor)

Series: Protein Biochemistry, Synthesis, Structure and Cellular Functions
BISAC: SCI007000

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is one of the most potent and specific angiogenic factors. The physiologic roles of VEGF in humans include neovascularization and endometrium implantation, and in pathological processes VEGF has been involved in the initation, growth, and metastasis of tumors. In this book, the authors discuss the biology, regulation and clinical significance of VEGF. Topics include VEGF signaling and multi-drug resistance transporter (ABCB1); clinical imaging of tumor vascularity as a biomarker during anti-VEGF therapy; VEGF and kidney cancer; the effect of VEGF on oocyte maturation and embryo development of bovine and ovine in vitro and its mechanisms; physiological functions of VEGF in the retina; VEGF in the regulation of gingival venule diameter under physiological and pathological circumstances; regulation of VEGF expression by progesterone and estradiol in normal and cancer cells; ethanol stimulated angiogenesis via VEGF and protection from ischemia and reperfusion injury; and the role of VEGF in major depression. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical )

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

VEGF Signaling and Multi-drug Resistance Transporter (ABCB1): Perception of New Anti-cancer Therapeutic Strategy
(Jasna Bankoviæ, Ana Podolski-Reniæ, Milica Pešiæ, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stankoviæ”, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia)

Clinical Imaging of Tumor Vascularity as a Biomarker during Anti-VEGF Therapy
(Hiroshi Kitamura, Shoichiro Koike, Hideyasu Matsumura, Kan Nakagawa and Masayuki Arai, Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Matsumoto Medical Center, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan)

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Kidney Cancer
(Olugbemisola Oredein McCoy, Ramy F. Youssef, Division of Urology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA)

Effect of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor on Oocyte Maturation and Embryo Development of Bovine and Ovine <i>in vitro</i> and its Mechanism
(Hailing Luo, Leyan Yan, Xin Cao, Hongqin Jiang, Xiaoxia Jin, Zaoyun Zuo, State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, PR China)

Physiological Functions of VEGF in the Retina and its Possible Implications of Prolonged Anti-VEGF Therapy
(Alexa Klettner, University of Kiel, University Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Kiel, Germany)

The Biology, Regulation and Clinical Significance of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)
(Norbert Meyer, Spitalnetz Bern, Ziegler Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Bern, Switzerland)

The Role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) in the Regulation of Gingival Venule Diameter under Physiological and Pathological Circumstances
(Z. Lohinai, M. Gyurkovics1, A. Gyõrfi, C. Bodor, A. D. Székely, E. Dinya, L. Rosivall, Semmelweis University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Budapest, Hungary, and others)

Regulation of VEGF Expression by Progesterone and Estradiol in Normal and Cancer Cells
(Olivia Tania Hernández-Hernández, Ignacio Camacho-Arroyo, Facultad de Química, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

Ethanol Stimulates Angiogenesis via Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Protects from Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury
(Jean-Pierre Louboutin, Walter J. Koch, David S. Strayer, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, and others)

The Role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Major Depression
(Bun-Hee Lee, Yong-Ku Kim, Department of Psychiatry, Gangnam Eulji Hospital, Eulji Univeristy, Seoul, Korea, and others)

Index

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