Angiogenesis in Health, Disease and Malignancy

This book is about “Angiogenesis”. A process in which new vasculature is formed from pre-existing capillaries. Angiogenesis process is associated with the proliferation and growth of both physiologically normal and neoplastic tissues, through the formatio

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Angiogenesis in Health, Disease and Malignancy

Angiogenesis in Health, Disease and Malignancy

Ali Salajegheh

Angiogenesis in Health, Disease and Malignancy

Ali Salajegheh School of Medicine Griffith University Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

ISBN 978-3-319-28138-4 ISBN 978-3-319-28140-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-28140-7

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I would like to dedicate this book to my parents, my sister and brother, and my family for their unconditional love and support and to the love of my life for being my soul mate, my partner in life, and my best friend. I owe a great debt of gratitude to my teachers, mentors, and elders for their inspiring guidance and care, and I would like to thank everybody especially all my students who were important to the prosperous insight of this book, as well as expressing my apology that I could not mention them personally one by one.

Contents

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Introduction to Angiogenesis in Normal Physiology, Disease and Malignancy ....................................................................................... 1.1 Introduction to Angiogenesis ....................................................... 1.2 Angiogenesis in Normal Physiology ........................................... 1.3 Angiogenesis in Disease .............................................................. 1.4 Angiogenesis in Malignancy ....................................................... References .................................................................................................

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Adenosine Triphosphate-Binding Cassette (ABC) Lipid Transporters .................................................................................. 2.1 ABC Lipid Transporter ........