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Angiogenesis vs Angiostatin - What's the difference?

angiogenesis | angiostatin |

As nouns the difference between angiogenesis and angiostatin

is that angiogenesis is (medicine|zoology) the formation and development of new blood vessels while angiostatin is (protein|medicine) a protein that inhibits angiogenesis; it is used to inhibit the growth of new blood vessels in tumours.

angiogenesis

English

(wikipedia angiogenesis)

Noun

(angiogeneses)
  • (medicine, zoology) The formation and development of new blood vessels.
  • *1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 238:
  • *:Some of the most promising new cancer drugs block this process of ‘angiogenesis ’, or blood-vessel formation.

    • Derived terms

    * antiangiogenesis

    Related terms

    * angiogenic

    See also

    * intussusception * neovascularization * vasculogenesis

    angiostatin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia angiostatin) (en noun)
  • (protein, medicine) A protein that inhibits angiogenesis; it is used to inhibit the growth of new blood vessels in tumours