| Literature DB >> 17052163 |
Napoleone Ferrara1, Robert D Mass, Claudio Campa, Robert Kim.
Abstract
Inhibiting angiogenesis is a promising strategy to treat cancer and several other disorders, including intraocular neovascular syndromes. The identification of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A as a major regulator of normal and pathological angiogenesis has enabled significant progress toward effective treatments for such disorders. Several VEGF inhibitors have been recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of cancer and the neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration. This review summarizes the basic biology of VEGF-A and illustrates the clinical progress in targeting this molecule.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17052163 DOI： 10.1146/annurev.med.58.061705.145635
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Annu Rev Med ISSN： 0066-4219 Impact factor: 13.739