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vascularization

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vascularization [‚vas·kyə·lə·rə′zā·shən]
(medicine)
Abnormal or excessive formation of blood vessels.
(physiology)
The formation of new blood vessels within tissue.


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Angiostatin showed encouraging results in which its ability to shrink primary tumors and inhibit vascularization as well as metastatic colony development were confirmed both through in vitro and animal models.
Mao and colleagues demonstrated that when human mesenchymal stem/progenitor cells were seeded in micropores of 3D calcium phosphate scaffolds, followed by infusion of gel-suspended CD34+ hematopoietic cells, greater vascularization was seen in mice than when mesenchymal cells were used alone.
There are hormonal changes, changes in growth factors within the brain, and increased cerebral blood flow during exercise, which may increase brain vascularization.
 
 
 
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