APOCC: ascites primary ovarian cancer cells

bAB: binding antibody

BM: bone marrow

E4 + ECs: Akt-activated endothelial cells transfected with E4ORF gene

EC: endothelial cell

EOC: epithelial ovarian cancer

ERK: extracellular signal-regulated kinases

FGF2: fibroblast growth factor

GSI: gamma secretase inhibitor

HSC: hematopoietic stem cell

HUVEC: human umbilical vein endothelial cell

OCC: ovarian cancer cell

pAkt: phospho-Akt

PD-ECGF: platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor

PFS: progression free survival

PTX3: Pentraxin 3

TIMP-1: tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1

TM: tumor microenvironment

VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor