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shark cartilage extract AE-941 A multifunctional antiangiogenic agent derived from shark cartilage with potential antineoplastic activity. Shark cartilage extract AE-941 competitively inhibits the binding of pro-angiogenic vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) to its cell receptor, thereby inhibiting endothelial cell proliferation. This agent also inhibits matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), stimulates tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), and activates caspase-mediated apoptotic pathways in endothelial cells. Check for active clinical trials or closed clinical trials using this agent. (NCI Thesaurus)
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Synonym: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081005084120im_/http://www.nci.nih.gov/images/spacer.gif) | Neovastat/AE-941 | | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081005084120im_/http://www.nci.nih.gov/images/spacer.gif) | US brand name: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081005084120im_/http://www.nci.nih.gov/images/spacer.gif) | Neovastat | | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081005084120im_/http://www.nci.nih.gov/images/spacer.gif) | Foreign brand name: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081005084120im_/http://www.nci.nih.gov/images/spacer.gif) | Neovastat | | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081005084120im_/http://www.nci.nih.gov/images/spacer.gif) | Code name: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081005084120im_/http://www.nci.nih.gov/images/spacer.gif) | AE-941 | | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081005084120im_/http://www.nci.nih.gov/images/spacer.gif) |
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