Abstract
Angiogenesis is a crucial component of lung pathophysiology, not only in cancer but also in other disorders, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In COPD angiogenesis is definitely able to control and orchestrate the progression of airway remodeling. Herein, we provide several remarkable translational aspects of angiogenesis in COPD, exploring both basic and clinical research in this field. Indeed, we present a number of pro- and anti-angiogenic factors, which can be also used as potential biomarkers to monitor disease progression.This pre-print has subsequently been published at http://www.unisa.it/uploads/7100/06.pdf
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Matarese, A., Santulli, G. Angiogenesis in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Nat Prec (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2012.7112.1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2012.7112.1