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Angiogenesis and angiogenesis inhibition: An overview.- Significance of angiogenesis in human disease.- Role of the macrophage in angiogenesis-dependent diseases.- Angiogenesis in human gliomas: Prognostic and therapeutic implications.- Regulation of angiogenesis in malignant gliomas.- Lymphangiogenesis: Mechanisms, significance and clinical implications.- Angiogenesis as a biologic and prognostic indicator in human breast carcinoma.- Molecular mechanisms of angiogenesis regulation.- Control of angiogenesis by cytokines and growth factors.- Fibroblast growth factors as angiogenesis factors: New insights into their mechanism of action.- Regulation of angiogenesis by scatter factor.- Vascular endothelial growth factor: Basic biology and clinical implications.- Vascular permeability factor/vascular endothelial growth factor: A multifunctional angiogenic cytokine.- Angiogenesis inhibition.- Angiostatin: An endogenous inhibitor of angiogenesis and of tumor growth.- Thrombospondin as a regulator of angiogenesis.- Regulation of angiogenesis by cell-matrix cell-cell and other interactions.- Regulation of capillary formation by laminin and other components of the extracellular matrix.- Hypoxia and angiogenesis in experimental tumor models: Therapeutic implications.- The role of vascular cell integrins ?v?3 and ?v?5 in angiogenesis.- Role of fibrin and plasminogen activators in repair-associated angiogenesis: In vitro studies with human endothelial cells.- Tumor angiogenesis: Functional similarities with tumor invasion.- Control of angiogenesis by the pericyte: Molecular mechanisms and significance.