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Systems Biology of Angiogenesis: To Grow or not to Grow?

Speaker:
Professor Aleksander S. Popel, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Starts:
July 03, 2009 at 04:00 pm
Ends:
July 03, 2009 at 05:00 pm
Location:
Imperial College London, Royal School of Mines, South Kensington Campus, Room G41, Exhibition Road, London, United Kingdom
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Systems biology approaches to angiogenesis will be presented that include molecular-detailed computational models of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGF), and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), as well as agent-based model of capillary sprouting and neovascular network formation. The model of VEGF is extended from molecular to whole body level and is applied to investigate therapeutic pro-angiogenic interventions in peripheral arterial disease and anti-angiogenic interventions in cancer. Bioinformatic approaches to angiogenesis will also be presented that include proteome-wide search for novel anti-angiogenic peptides; we screen and validate the candidates in vitro in endothelial cell proliferation and migration assays and then in vivo using mouse models of cancer and ocular diseases.

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