angiogenesis inhibitor

angiogenesis inhibitor
A substance that may prevent the formation of blood vessels. In anticancer therapy, an angiogenesis inhibitor prevents the growth of blood vessels from surrounding tissue to a solid tumor.

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  • Brain-specific angiogenesis inhibitor 1 — Brain specific angiogenesis inhibitor 1, also known as BAI1, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: BAI1 brain specific angiogenesis inhibitor 1| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=575| …   Wikipedia

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  • Brain-specific angiogenesis inhibitor — protein Name = brain specific angiogenesis inhibitor 1 caption = width = HGNCid = 943 Symbol = BAI1 AltSymbols = EntrezGene = 575 OMIM = 602682 RefSeq = XM 001130169 UniProt = O14514 PDB = ECnumber = Chromosome = 8 Arm = q Band = 24… …   Wikipedia

  • Brain-specific angiogenesis inhibitor 3 — Brain specific angiogenesis inhibitor 3, also known as BAI3, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: BAI3 brain specific angiogenesis inhibitor 3| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=577| …   Wikipedia

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  • Angiogenesis — is a physiological process involving the growth of new blood vessels from pre existing vessels. Though there has been some debate over this, vasculogenesis is the term used for spontaneous blood vessel formation, and intussusception is the term… …   Wikipedia

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