Olfert, IM, Baum, O, Hellsten, Y et al. (1 more author) (2016) Advances and challenges in skeletal muscle angiogenesis. American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 310 (3). H326-H336. ISSN 0363-6135
Abstract
The role of capillaries is to serve as the interface for delivery of oxygen and removal of metabolites to/from tissues. During the past decade there has been a proliferation of studies that have advanced our understanding of angiogenesis demonstrating tissue capillary supply is under strict control during health, but poorly controlled in disease - resulting in either excessive capillary growth (pathological angiogenesis) or losses in capillarity (rarefaction). Given that skeletal muscle comprises nearly 40% of body mass in humans, skeletal muscle capillary density has a significant impact on metabolism, endocrine function, and locomotion, and is tightly regulated at many different levels. Skeletal muscle is also high adaptable, and thus one of the few organ systems which can be experimentally manipulated (e.g. by exercise) to study physiologic regulation of angiogenesis. This review will focus on 1) the methodological concerns that have arisen in determining skeletal muscle capillarity, and 2) highlight the concepts that are reshaping our understanding of the angio-adaptation process. We also summarize selected new findings (physical influences, molecular changes and ultrastructural rearrangement of capillaries) that identify areas of future research with the greatest potential to expand our understanding of how angiogenesis is normally regulated, and that may also help to better understand conditions of uncontrolled (pathologic) angiogenesis.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016, the American Physiological Society. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY 3.0. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number British Heart Foundation PG/14/15/30691 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2015 09:36 |
Last Modified: | 19 Apr 2016 11:00 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00635.2015 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Physiological Society |
Identification Number: | 10.1152/ajpheart.00635.2015 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:92778 |