Angiogenesis...what is it and how does it relate to male pattern baldness?

[youngbaldie]

I have read on here that green tea inhibits "angiogenesis". Apparently this is beneficial for fighting cancer, but bad for male pattern baldness.

EDIT: Curcumin and Genistein also appear to both inhibit angiogenesis.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... t=Citation

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articl ... rtid=46161

This is really strange. These three things (green tea, curcumin, and genistein) all supposedly help male pattern baldness in that they "lower DHT" (if thats even the correct wording) and possibly help with inflammation, yet they also inhibit angiogenesis.

So they appear to help yet hurt at the same time?

Can anybody fill me in? I tried reading wikipedia's article on angiogenesis, but it doesn't really explain it all that well and hair loss is not even covered there.

 

[docj077]

A molecule that inhibits the action of TGF-beta is going to cause TGF-beta's normal target cells to become pro-proliferative and anti-apoptotic. So, you need these molecules to prevent angiogenesis just to keep the now healthy cells from having anything longer than a healthy lifespan.

It sounds like these herbs are working against us, but they are probably preventing far worse cellular processes from occurring.