Communications Biology (Sep 2021)

The development of tumour vascular networks

  • Anahita Fouladzadeh,
  • Mohsen Dorraki,
  • Kay Khine Myo Min,
  • Michaelia P. Cockshell,
  • Emma J. Thompson,
  • Johan W. Verjans,
  • Andrew Allison,
  • Claudine S. Bonder,
  • Derek Abbott

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02632-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Fouladzadeh, Dorraki and colleagues investigate the development of angiogenic networks for in vitro cancer cell lines. They demonstrate that during the growth stages of vasculogenic mimicry, the number of edges and vertices decreases but the edge length increases resulting in improved network efficiency.