Advances in Evaluation Methods and Models on Angiogenesis / 中国药学杂志

ABSTRACT

Angiogenesis, the process of shaping new vessels from existing or posteriorvessels. It occurs mainly after birth and is the basis for the formation of many vascular structures and participates ina variety of physiological and pathological processes.Due to the particularity of the research objects and the diversity of the species, the experimental results obtained from one model may not be confirmed on the other model. At present,the comprehensive evaluation of angiogenesis requires mutual verification of different model results. Herein, this review mainly summarizes the literatures on the evaluation of angiogenesis activity within recent ten years. From three parallel dimensions of cell, tissue, and animal,the up-to-date evaluation methods and angiogenesis models with wide recognitions are reviewed, in order to provide the reference for related drug research and development.