Abstract
Increasing interest in developing reliable and reproducible models to study angiogenesis has emerged due to recent advances in the treatment of eye disease with pathologic angiogenesis. This review provides a summary of the principal ocular animal models for angiogenesis. Models of anterior segment neovascularization include the corneal micropocket assay, used to study the influence of specific molecules/proteins in angiogenesis, and corneal chemical and suture induced injury, which mimic more closely the complex nature of the human disease. Angiogenesis models of the posterior segment include the well-known laser-induced injury of the choroid/Bruch's membrane, as well as the oxygen induced retinopathy and models of injections of pro-angiogenic/ inflammatory molecules. In addition, knockout or knock-in transgenic mice provide powerful tools in studying the role of specific proteins in angiogenesis.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 52-61 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Seminars in Ophthalmology |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1 2009 |
Keywords
- Angiogenesis
- BALB C and C57BL-6 mice
- Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (bFGF)
- Choroidal neovascularization (CNV)
- Corneal neovascularization
- Fluorescein angiography (FA)
- Subretinal neovascularization (SRN)
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)