Discovery of Novel Small Molecule Inhibitors of VEGF Expression in Tumor Cells Using a Cell-Based High Throughput Screening Platform.

Current anti-VEGF (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A) therapies to treat various cancers indiscriminately block VEGF function in the patient resulting in the global loss of VEGF signaling which has been linked to dose-limiting toxicities as well as treatment failures due to acquired resistance. A...

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Main Authors: Liangxian Cao, Marla Weetall, Jenelle Bombard, Hongyan Qi, Tamil Arasu, William Lennox, Jean Hedrick, Josephine Sheedy, Nicole Risher, Peter C Brooks, Panayiota Trifillis, Christopher Trotta, Young-Choon Moon, John Babiak, Neil G Almstead, Joseph M Colacino, Thomas W Davis, Stuart W Peltz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5161367?pdf=render