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In the present study, we have shown that polyP effectively blocked in vivo pulmonary metastasis of B16BL6 cells by suppression of neovascularization, whereas it did not affect proliferation or adhesion to extracellular matrix proteins. PolyP not only inhibited bFGF (basic fibroblast growth factor)-induced proliferation and ERK (extracellular-signal-regulated kinase)\/p38 MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) activation of human endothelial cells, but also blocked the binding of bFGF to its cognate cell-surface receptor. Furthermore, polyP inhibited bFGF-induced in vitro and in vivo angiogenesis, suggesting that polyP possesses an anti-angiogenic activity. Since neovascularization is essential for tumour metastasis, our present findings clearly indicate that polyP has an in vivo anti-metastatic activity via its anti-angiogenic activity. 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