Angiogenic Signaling in Living Breast Tumor Models

Abstract

In this grant we propose to elucidate the signaling pathway that translates VEGFR activation into elevated vessel permeabiliW in endothelial cells within living breast tumor models. The working hypothesis is that the signaling pathway involved is a constitutively active form of the pathway shown for healthy mesenteric microvessels. Progress to date includes the training of personnel in the laboratory the completion of instrumentation development for a novel method for the measurement of convective flow in tumors in vivo and extensive analysis of its capabilities extensive investigation of breast tumor exctracellular matrix using second harmonic generation extensive analysis of the abilities of a novel permeability measurement technique and numerous preliminary experiments to establish methodology for tasks to commence in upcoming years.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA492976

Entities

People

  • Edward B Brown

Organizations

  • University of Rochester

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blood
  • Blood Vessels
  • Breast Cancer
  • Carcinoma
  • Cells
  • Cellular Structures
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum
  • Endothelial Cells
  • Fish
  • Growth Factors
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Neoplasms
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Scattering
  • Second Harmonic Generation

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  • Oncology (Cancer Research).