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Université de Fribourg

Zebrafish caudal fin angiogenesis assay—advanced quantitative assessment including 3-way correlative microscopy

Hlushchuk, Ruslan ; Brönnimann, Daniel ; Shokiche, Carlos Correa ; Schaad, Laura ; Triet, Ramona ; Jazwinska, Anna ; Tschanz, Stefan A. ; Djonov, Valentin

In: PLOS ONE, 2016, vol. 11, no. 3, p. e0149281

Background: Researchers evaluating angiomodulating compounds as a part of scientific projects or pre-clinical studies are often confronted with limitations of applied animal models. The rough and insufficient early-stage compound assessment without reliable quantification of the vascular response counts, at least partially, to the low transition rate to clinics. Objective: To establish an...

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Inhibition of Notch signaling induces extensive intussusceptive neo-angiogenesis by recruitment of mononuclear cells

Dimova, Ivanka ; Hlushchuk, Ruslan ; Makanya, Andrew N. ; Styp-Rekowska, Beata ; Ceausu, Amalia ; Flueckiger, Stefanie ; Lang, Sonja ; Semela, David ; Le Noble, Ferdinand ; Chatterjee, Suvro ; Djonov, Valentin

In: Angiogenesis, 2013, p. 1-17

Notch is an intercellular signaling pathway related mainly to sprouting neo- angiogenesis. The objective of our study was to evaluate the angiogenic mechanisms involved in the vascular augmentation (sprouting/intussusception) after Notch inhibition within perfused vascular beds using the chick area vasculosa and MxCreNotch1(lox/lox) mice. In vivo monitoring combined with morphological ...

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Decrease in VEGF expression induces intussusceptive vascular pruning

Hlushchuk, Ruslan ; Ehrbar, Martin ; Reichmuth, Philipp ; Heinimann, Niklas ; Styp-Rekowska, Beata ; Escher, Robert ; Baum, Oliver ; Lienemann, Philipp ; Makanya, Andrew N. ; Keshet, Eli ; Djonov, Valentin

In: Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 2011, vol. 31, p. 2836-2844

Objective—The concept of vascular pruning, the “cuting-off” of vessels, is gaining importance due to expansion of angio-modulating therapies. The proangiogenic effects of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) are broadly described, but the mechanisms of structural alterations by its downregulation are not known.Methods and Results—VEGF165-releasing hydrogels were applied onto the...

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Everolimus augments the effects of sorafenib in a syngeneic orthotopic model of hepatocellular carcinoma

Piguet, Anne-Christine ; Saar, Bettina ; Hlushchuk, Ruslan ; St-Pierre, Marie V. ; McSheehy, Paul M. ; Radojevic, Vesna ; Afthinos, Maresa ; Terracciano, Luigi ; Djonov, Valentin ; Dufour, Jean-François

In: Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 2011, vol. 10, no. 6, p. 1007-1017

Sorafenib targets the Raf/mitogen activated protein kinase, VEGF and PDGF pathways and prolongs survival patients in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Everolimus inhibits the mammalian target of rapamycin, a kinase overactive in HCC. To investigate whether the antitumor effects of these agents are additive, we compared a combined and sequential treatment regimen of everolimus and...

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Pulsatile shear and Gja5 modulate arterial identity and remodeling events during flow-driven arteriogenesis

Buschmann, Ivo ; Pries, Axel ; Styp-Rekowska, Beata ; Hillmeister, Philipp ; Loufrani, Laurent ; Henrion, Daniel ; Shi, Yu ; Duelsner, Andre ; Hoefer, Imo ; Gatzke, Nora ; Wang, Haitao ; Lehmann, Kerstin ; Ulm, Lena ; Ritter, Zully ; Hauff, Peter ; Hlushchuk, Ruslan ; Djonov, Valentin ; Veen, Toon van ; Le Noble, Ferdinand

In: Development, 2010, vol. 137, p. 2187-2196

In the developing chicken embryo yolk sac vasculature, the expression of arterial identity genes requires arterial hemodynamic conditions. We hypothesize that arterial flow must provide a unique signal that is relevant for supporting arterial identity gene expression and is absent in veins. We analyzed factors related to flow, pressure and oxygenation in the chicken embryo vitelline...