Angiogenesis and Wound Healing: Basic Discoveries, Clinical Implications And Therapeutic Opportunities

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction How Blood Vessels Develop Early Mechanistic Insights Into the Angiogenic Response: From Solid Tumors to Chronic Inflammation and Wound Healing The Role of Other Inflammatory Cells in Angiogenesis Matrix Molecules Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and the Modern Era of Angiogenesis Research Signaling Networks of Potential Importance in Wound Neovascularization Inhibitors of Angiogenesis: Important Counterweights in Wound Neovascularization The Role of Aberrant Wound Angiogenesis in the Pathogenesis of Diabetes Mellitus Conclusions References