vascular endothelial growth factor

vascular endothelial growth factor
VEGF. A substance made by cells that stimulates new blood vessel formation. Also called VEGF.

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  • Vascular endothelial growth factor C — is a VEGF. The human gene encoding it is VEGFC. PBB Summary section title = summary text = The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the platelet derived growth factor/vascular endothelial growth factor (PDGF/VEGF) family, is active in… …   Wikipedia

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor — (VEGF) a sub family of growth factors, more specifically of platelet derived growth factor family of cystine knot growth factors. They are important signaling proteins involved in both vasculogenesis (the de novo formation of the embryonic… …   Wikipedia

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor B — is a vascular endothelial growth factorcite web | title = Entrez Gene: VEGFB vascular endothelial growth factor B| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=7423| accessdate = ] PBB Summary section… …   Wikipedia

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor A — (VEGF A) is the most important type of Vascular endothelial growth factors. Before the discovery of similar proteins to what now is the VEGF sub family , VEGF A was called simply VEGF.As its name implies, VEGF A activity has been mostly studied… …   Wikipedia

  • vascular endothelial growth factor — n a protein that is a major factor in promoting the growth of new blood vessels abbr. VEGF * * * (VEGF), vascular permeability factor (VPF) a peptide factor, existing in four forms with different lengths (121, 165, 189, and 206 amino acids), that …   Medical dictionary

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor — Le Vascular endothelial growth factor (ou VEGF) est le facteur de croissance de l’endothélium vasculaire. Sommaire 1 Historique 2 Description 3 Rôle dans le développement tumoral …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor — Kristallstruktur von Vammin, einem VEGF F aus Schlangengift Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) ist ein wichtiges Signalmolekül, das sowohl in der Vaskulogenese (de novo Bildung des embryonalen Blutkreislaufes) als auch in der Angiogenese… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor — Kristallstruktur von Vammin, einem VEGF F aus Schlangengift Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) ist ein wichtiges Signalmolekül, das sowohl in der Vaskulogenese (de novo Bildung des embryonalen Blutkreislaufes) als auch in der Angiogenese… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) IRES A — This family represents the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) internal ribosome entry site (IRES) A. VEGF is an endothelial cell mitogen with many crucial functions such as embryogenic development and wound healing. The 5 UTR of VEGF mRNA… …   Wikipedia

  • vascular endothelial growth factor — VEGF a growth factor made by both normal cells and their malignant counterparts to stimulate new blood vessel formation (see angiogenesis). It can be targeted by a family of drugs known as angiogenesis inhibitors, of which the best known is… …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) — A substance made by cells that stimulates new blood vessel formation, a mitogen for vascular endothelial (vessel lining) cells. VEGF is a polypeptide structurally related to platelet derived growth factor (PDGF). The gene for VEGF is on… …   Medical dictionary

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