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The biology of VEGF and its receptors.
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Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a key regulator of physiological angiogenesis during embryogenesis, skeletal growth and reproductive functions and is implicated in pathologicalAngiogenesis associated with tumors, intraocular neovascular disorders and other conditions.Abstract:
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a key regulator of physiological angiogenesis during embryogenesis, skeletal growth and reproductive functions. VEGF has also been implicated in pathological angiogenesis associated with tumors, intraocular neovascular disorders and other conditions. The biological effects of VEGF are mediated by two receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), VEGFR-1 and VEGFR-2, which differ considerably in signaling properties. Non-signaling co-receptors also modulate VEGF RTK signaling. Currently, several VEGF inhibitors are undergoing clinical testing in several malignancies. VEGF inhibition is also being tested as a strategy for the prevention of angiogenesis, vascular leakage and visual loss in age-related macular degeneration.read more
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Vascular endothelial growth factor is a secreted angiogenic mitogen
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Patrick H. Maxwell,Michael S. Wiesener,Gin-Wen Chang,Steven C. Clifford,Emma C. Vaux,Matthew Edward Cockman,Charles C. Wykoff,Christopher W. Pugh,Eamonn R. Maher,Peter J. Ratcliffe,Peter J. Ratcliffe +10 more
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The biology of vascular endothelial growth factor
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Abnormal blood vessel development and lethality in embryos lacking a single VEGF allele
Peter Carmeliet,Valérie Ferreira,Georg Breier,Saskia Pollefeyt,Lena Kieckens,Marina Gertsenstein,Michaela Fahrig,Ann Vandenhoeck,Kendraprasad Harpal,Carmen Eberhardt,Cathérine Declercq,Judy Pawling,Lieve Moons,Desire Collen,Werner Risau,Andras Nagy,Andras Nagy +16 more
TL;DR: It is reported that formation of blood vessels was abnormal, but not abolished, in heterozygous VEGF-deficient (VEGF+/-) embryos, generated by aggregation of embryonic stem (ES) cells with tetraploid embryos (T-ES)16,17, and even more impaired in homozygous D1-VEGF- deficient (VDGF-/-) T-ES embryos, resulting in death at mid-gestation.
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Mechanisms of angiogenesis and arteriogenesis.
TL;DR: The cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the formation of endothelium-lined channels and their maturation via recruitment of smooth muscle cells (arteriogenesis) during physiological and pathological conditions are summarized, alongside with possible therapeutic applications.