Current understanding of the role of insulin-like and vascular endothelial growth factors in development, prognosis and targeted therapy in patients with ovarian cancer


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The system of the insulin-like growth factors (IGF) through its mitogenic and antiapoptotic effects plays an important role in carcinogenesis. IGF with interaction with own receptor activates Ras - and Akt-signaling pathways that lead to enhanced cell proliferation and reduction of apoptosis. Via stimulation of proangiogenic factors, such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), IGF also mediates processes of neoangiogenesis that are necessary for the development, progression and metastasis of malignant tumors. Recent data show a linkage between IGF, VEGF and ovarian cancer. New drugs of targeted therapy for patients with ovarian adenocarcinoma, that inhibit the components of IGF and VEGF families, are under experimental and clinical trials. This review presents the results of investigations of IGF′ and VEGF′ role in the development, prognosis and treatment of patients with ovarian cancer.

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R I Knyazev

Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education of the Ministry of Health of the Russian

Email: sluwba@mail.ru
аспирант каф. онкологии ГБОУ ДПО РМАПО 125993, Russian Federation, Moscow, ul. Barrikadnaia, d. 2/1

I V Poddubnaya

Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education of the Ministry of Health of the Russian

д-р мед. наук, проф., чл.-кор. РАН, зав. каф. онкологии ГБОУ ДПО РМАПО 125993, Russian Federation, Moscow, ul. Barrikadnaia, d. 2/1

V V Barinov

N.N.Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center

д-р мед. наук, проф., вед. науч. сотр. отд-ния гинекологии ФГБУ РОНЦ им. Н.Н.Блохина 115478, Russian Federation, Moscow, Kashirskoe sh., d. 23

I I Bokin

Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education of the Ministry of Health of the Russian

канд. мед. наук, ассистент каф. онкологии ГБОУ ДПО РМАПО 125993, Russian Federation, Moscow, ul. Barrikadnaia, d. 2/1

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