TY  - EJOU
AU  - Zhao, Gaiping 
AU  - Xia, Feiyi 
AU  - Chen, Eryun 
AU  - Yu, Xiaoli 
AU  - Yang, Zhaozhi 

TI  - 3D Numerical Simulation of Effect of Antiangiogenic Factor Angiostatin on Blood Flow and Interstitial Fluid Pressure in the Metastatic Tumor
T2  - Molecular \& Cellular Biomechanics

PY  - 2017
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SN  - 1556-5300

AB  - Metastatic tumor blood perfusion and interstitial fluid transport based on 3D microvasculature response to inhibitory effect of angiostatin are investigated in this paper. 3D blood flow、interstitial fluid transport and transvascular flow are described by the extended Poiseuille’s, Darcy’s and Starling’s law, respectively. Numerical solutions reveal that angiostatin can promote improved blood perfusion and decrease elevated interstitial fluid pressure within the metastatic tumor microenvironment. Moreover, angiostatin can increase interstitial convection within the tumor and result in more efficient drug delivery and penetration within the metastatic tumor, which suits well with the experimental observations. Together, our results may provide therapeutic implications for further clinical anti-angiogenic cancer therapy.
KW  - Angiostatin
KW  -  blood perfusion
KW  -  interstitial transport
KW  -  metastatic tumor
KW  -  3D simulation

DO  - 10.3970/mcb.2017.014.049