title: Modeling human endothelial cell transformation in vascular neoplasias.
abstract: Endothelial cell (EC)-derived neoplasias range from benign hemangioma to aggressive metastatic angiosarcoma, which responds poorly to current treatments and has a very high mortality rate. The development of treatments that are more effective for these disorders will be expedited by insight into the processes that promote abnormal proliferation and malignant transformation of human ECs. The study of primary endothelial malignancy has been limited by the rarity of the disease; however, there is potential for carefully characterized EC lines and animal models to play a central role in the discovery, development and testing of molecular targeted therapies for vascular neoplasias. This review describes molecular alterations that have been identified in EC-derived neoplasias, as well as the processes that underpin the immortalization and tumorigenic conversion of ECs. Human EC lines, established through the introduction of defined genetic elements or by culture of primary tumor tissue, are catalogued and discussed in relation to their relevance as models of vascular neoplasia.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Cell Development Group, Children's Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Victoria W
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Karen L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: MacKenzie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells / Q000473:pathology; D008954:Models, Biological; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
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