Tumour angiogenesis articles within Nature

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    | Open Access

    Aberrant crosstalk between cancer stem cells and their microenvironment triggers angiogenesis and TGFβ signalling, creating conditions that are conducive for hijacking leptin and leptin receptor signalling, which in turn launches downstream PI3K–AKT–mTOR signalling during the benign-to-malignant transition.

    • Shaopeng Yuan
    • , Katherine S. Stewart
    •  & Elaine Fuchs
  • News & Views |

    Certain drugs that are used to treat cancer affect blood-vessel formation in tumours. But it seems that these antiangiogenic drugs can reduce the efficiency of other anticancer agents and increase the tumours' aggressiveness.

    • Oriol Casanovas
  • Letter |

    This is one of two papers showing that glioblastoma cells can differentiate into functional endothelial cells as part of the tumour vasculature. These endothelial cells are characterized by the same genetic alterations as the glioblastoma cells. The tumour-derived endothelial cells originate in putative glioblastoma-initiating cells and are functionally important for tumorigenesis.

    • Rong Wang
    • , Kalyani Chadalavada
    •  & Viviane Tabar
  • Letter |

    This is one of two papers showing that glioblastoma cells can differentiate into functional endothelial cells as part of the tumour vasculature. These endothelial cells are characterized by the same genetic alterations as the glioblastoma cells. The tumour-derived endothelial cells originate in putative glioblastoma-initiating cells and are functionally important for tumorigenesis.

    • Lucia Ricci-Vitiani
    • , Roberto Pallini
    •  & Ruggero De Maria
  • Letter |

    Down's syndrome is caused by trisomy of chromosome 21, and it is known that the growth of certain tumours is reduced in this genetic disorder. Using a mouse model of Down's syndrome, several individual genes on chromosome 21 are now being proposed to mediate the effect on tumour growth and angiogenesis.

    • Louise E. Reynolds
    • , Alan R. Watson
    •  & Kairbaan M. Hodivala-Dilke