[Novel angiogenesis inhibitors for molecular target therapy of cancer].
Angiogenesis, neovascularization from pre-existing vasculature, is essential to allow growth of primary solid tumors and to enable metastasis. Recent biological studies in both tumor and endothelial cells have begun to present a wide variety of molecular targets for developing angiogenesis inhibitors. Therefore, angiogenesis inhibitors including anti-angiogenic agents as well as anti-vascular targeting agents have become promising drugs in cancer chemotherapy. However current unsolved problems in anti-angiogenic therapy are the lack of surrogate markers for therapeutic efficacy, as well as of establishment of effective combinations with other therapeutic approaches including conventional anticancer therapy, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy. This article focuses on the promising drugs with anti-angiogenic activity and their molecular targets under clinical trials, as well as the significance of clinical evaluation for anti-angiogenic therapies.
Osada
Hiroyuki
H
Antibiotics Laboratory, Discovery Research Institute, RIKEN.
Kakeya
Hideaki
H
D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000517:prevention & control
D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors