Open AccessThe chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane assay as a model for the study of angiogenesis
Author(s) -
Angélida Daiane Lemos Do Prado,
Elisa Flávia Luiz Cardoso Bailão,
João Carlos Nabout,
Tatiana Rabachini,
Paulo Roberto de Melo Reis,
Pablo José Gonçalves,
Luciane Madureira Almeida
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bioscience journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1981-3163
pISSN - 1516-3725
DOI - 10.14393/bj-v35n4a2019-42777
Subject(s) - chorioallantoic membrane , angiogenesis , embryo , publishing , biology , medicine , bioinformatics , cancer research , microbiology and biotechnology , political science , law
Angiogenesis is a fundamental physiological process with strong implications in tissue homeostasis. Animal models helping to identify how angiogenesis is regulated are fundamental to answer many biological questions. Chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) assay is one of the most employed methods to study angiogenesis. In this study we applied a scientometric approach to evaluate the employment of CAM assay in published articles. Temporal trends indicated that CAM assay was the preferred method to investigate angiogenesis over time. The publications had a significant number of citations and the impact factor of journals publishing articles is relevant for the scientific community. A total of 52 different research areas have articles published using this particular technique. Oncology is the research field in which CAM assay was mostly used. Accordingly, tumor-derived cell lines were the most frequent sample tested on CAM. We also identified that 73,6% of articles published used only CAM assay to answer questions concerning angiogenesis. We concluded that although the CAM assay is a classical approach, that does not need so much infrastructure and financial support to be performed, it is a well-accepted technique by the scientific community. In addition, this methodology has gain attention in scientific community because no pain is experienced by the chick and they are minor ethical concerns to employ this method. Moreover, this data can help researchers who are unfamiliar with the CAM assay to identify if this particular method is suitable for their research.