Does vasculogenic mimicry exist in astrocytoma?

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 997-1002

  Yue, Wei Ying ^a   Chen, Zhong Ping ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Immunohistochemistry; PAS positive pattern; Periodic acid Schiff staining; Vasculogenic mimicry

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; LAMININ;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ANTIGENS, CD34; ASTROCYTOMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COLORING AGENTS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERIODIC ACID; SCHIFF BASES;

EID: 22944439372     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.4A6521.2005     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Bittner M, Meltzer P, Chen Y, Jiang Y, Seftor E, Hendrix M, Radmacher M, et al. (2000) Molecular classification of cutaneous melanoma by gene expression profiling. Nature 406:536-540
2. Chen X, Maniotis AJ, Majumdar D, Pe'er J, Folberg R (2002) Uveal melanoma cell staining for CD34 and assessment of tumor vascularity. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 43:2533-2539
3. Dvorak HF, Nagy JA, Dvorak JT, Dvorak AM (1988) Identification and characterization of the blood vessels of solid tumors that are leaky to circulating macromolecules. Am J Pathol 133:95-109
4. Folberg R, Hendrix MJ, Maniotis AJ (2000) Vasculogenic mimicry and tumor angiogenesis. Am J Pathol 156:361-381
5. Folkman J (1971) Tumor angiogenesis: therapeutic implications. N Engl J Med 285:1182-1186
6. Fujisawa H, Reis RM, Nakamura M (2000) Loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 10 is more extensive in primary (de novo) than in secondary glioblastomas. Lab Invest 80:65-72
7. Fukumura D, Xavier R, Sugiura T, Chen Y, Park EC, Lu N, Selig M, et al. (1998) Tumor induction of VEGF promotor activity in stromal cells. Cell 94:715-725
8. Hanahan D, Folkman J (1996) Patterns and emerging mechanisms of the angiogenic switch during tumorigenesis. Cell 86:353-364
9. Hashizume H, Baluk P, Morikawa S, McLean JW, Thurston G, Roberge S, Jain RK, et al. (2000) Openings between defective endothelial cells explain tumor vessel leakiness. Am J Pathol 156: 1363-1380
10. Hendrix MJ, Seftor EA, Hess AR, Seftor RE (2003a) Vasculogenic mimicry and tumour-cell plasticity: lessons from melanoma. Nat Rev Cancer 3:411-421
11. Hendrix MJ, Seftor EA, Hess AR, Seftor RE (2003b) Molecular plasticity of human melanoma cells. Oncogene 22:3070-3075
12. Hendrix MJ, Seftor EA, Meltzer PS, Gardner LM, Hess AR, Kirschmann DA, Schatteman GC, et al. (2001) Expression and functional significance of VE-cadherin in aggressive human melanoma cells: role in vasculogenic mimicry. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 98:8018-8023
13. Lee YJ, Nagai N, Siar CH (2002) Angioarchitecture of primary oral malignant melanomas. J Histochem Cytochem 50:1555-1562
14. Maniotis AJ, Folberg R, Hess A, Seftor EA, Gardner LM, Pe'er J, Trent JM, et al. (1999) Vascular channel formation by human melanoma cells in vivo and in vitro: vasculogenic mimicry. Am J Pathol 155:739-752
15. Risau W (1997) Mechanisms of angiogenesis. Nature 386:671-674
16. Salti GI, Manougian T, Farolan M, Shilkaitis A, Majumdar D, Das Gupta TK (2000) Microophthalmia transcription factor: a new prognostic marker in intermediate-thickness cutaneous malignant melanoma. Cancer Res 60:5012-5016
17. Seftor EA, Meltzer PS, Kirschmann DA, Pe'er J, Maniotis AJ, Trent JM, Folberg R, et al. (2002) Molecular determinants of uveal melanoma metastasis. Clin Exp Met 19:233-246
18. Yue WY, Zhong ST, Liang HZ (2000) The BBB morphology features of brain tumor. Pract J Cancer (China) 15:273-275