The Amazing Power of Cancer Cells to Recapitulate Extraembryonic Functions: The Cuckoo's Tricks

Table 1

Phenotypes expressed in the acute inflammatory wound healing response.

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(i) Ischemia-reperfusion phenotype

 (a) Oxidative and nitrosative stress

 (b) Interstitial hydroelectrolytic alterations

 (c) Increased lymphatic circulation (circulatory switch)

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(ii) Leukocytic phenotype

 (a) Infiltration by granulocytes and agranulocytes

  (macrophages-lymphocytes)

 (b) Lymphangiogenesis

 (c) Lymph node reaction

 (d) Wound immunotolerance

 (e) Resolution

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(iii) Angiogenic phenotype

 (a) Endothelial cell proliferation

 (b) Fibrogenesis

 (c) New vascular network

 (d) Epithelial regeneration

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