血管新生在生命,疾病和医学中的作用
1Center of Transgene Technology and Gene Therapy, University of Leuven, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. peter.carmeliet@med.kuleuven.be
Nature
|December 16, 2005
概括
血管生成,血管的生长,对于健康和疾病至关重要. 针对这一过程的新疗法为数以百万计患有各种疾病的人提供了希望.
科学领域:
- 血管生物学和医学
背景情况:
- 血管新生对于器官发育和组织修复至关重要.
- 血管生长失调与恶性,炎症性,缺血性,传染性和免疫性疾病有关.
研究的目的:
- 突出血管新生研究在医学中的重要性.
- 为了强调调节血管生成的治疗潜力.
主要方法:
- 审查目前对血管生成的理解.
- 对最近的治疗进展进行分析.
主要成果:
- 现在已经批准了第一种抗血管原剂用于治疗癌症和失明.
- 血管新生调节对治疗各种疾病具有前景.
结论:
- 血管新生研究即将彻底改变医学.
- 预计支持或反血管生成疗法将使全球超过5亿人受益.
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