Angiogenesis as a Survival Mechanism in Heartworm Disease: The Role of Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase and Actin from Dirofilaria immitis in an In Vitro Endothelial Model

Heartworm disease, caused by Dirofilaria immitis, is a vector-borne zoonotic disease, (mainly affecting canids and felids) causing chronic vascular and pulmonary pathology in its early stages, which worsens with parasite load and/or death of adult worms in the pulmonary artery or right heart cavity, and can be fatal to the host.Angiogenesis is a me

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