... vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) The mammalian kidney glomerulus constitutes the mechanism through which blood is ultrafiltered to generate urine, with the retention of circulating cells and macromolecules such as albumin. The adult glomerulus consists of specialized epithelial cells...

... for VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor), VEGF-inactivating sFlt-1 (soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1) and AT 1 (angiotensin II type 1) receptor autoantibodies. The last mentioned activate AT 1 receptors, thereby potentially suppressing circulating renin and aldosterone. VEGF, both directly...

... of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. angiogenesis diabetes matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) relaxin vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) wound healing...

... 20 6 2011 18 7 2011 © The Authors Journal compilation © 2012 Biochemical Society 2012 angiogenesis growth factor placental growth factor (PlGF) pre-eclamspsia soluble Fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1) vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) Pre-eclampsia...

...) vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) The RAS (renin–angiotensin system) plays a central role in the control of BP (blood pressure), blood volume and electrolyte balance. When blood volume or BP is low, the kidneys secrete renin, which activates the cleavage of angiotensinogen to produce...

... training remote angiogenic effect vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) PAD (peripheral arterial disease) due to vascular occlusion is a common disorder. With an increasingly elderly population, the number of patients with PAD will continue to increase. To date, critical limb ischaemia in PAD...

...William B. Grant Correspondence: Mr William B. Grant ( wbgrant@infionline.net ). 30 10 2008 10 12 2008 10 12 2008 © The Authors Journal compilation © 2009 Biochemical Society 2009 pre-eclampsia UV light vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) vitamin D...

... 2008 carotid atherosclerosis diabetic retinopathy Type 2 diabetes urotensin-II vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) Human U-II (urotensin-II), a cyclic peptide of 11 amino acids (Glu-Thr-Pro-Asp-cyclo[Cys-Phe-Trp-Lys-Tyr-Cys]-Val) with a molecular mass of approx. 1388 Da...

... hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) inflammation liver vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) Blood vessels arise from endothelial precursors, which share a common origin with haemopoietic progenitors. These progenitors assemble into an early vascular labyrinth of small capillaries. At this stage...

...) ischaemia prostacyclin regenerative medicine vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) The prostanoid structure in prostacyclin and its analogues is subjected to metabolism by 15-hydroxyPG dehydrogenase. A phase I clinical trial investigating the oral administration of ONO-1301 has been stopped...

... ). 22 6 2006 10 8 2006 24 8 2006 24 8 2006 The Biochemical Society 2007 angiogenic factor intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) pregnancy vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) IUGR (intrauterine growth restriction) is considered a severe complication...

... arterial disease vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) In healthy individuals expansion of the capillary network with exercise training is well-documented [ 1 , 2 ] and serves to optimize oxygen transport from the blood to active skeletal muscle fibres. Expansion of the capillary network...

... bljensen@health.sdu.dk ). 6 2 2006 2 3 2006 6 3 2006 6 3 2006 The Biochemical Society 2006 adrenomedullin hypoxia kidney renal cell carcinoma tumour marker vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) The vasodilator peptide AM (adrenomedullin) was discovered...

.... Correspondence: Dr Stuart Egginton (email s.egginton@bham.ac.uk ). 9 6 2005 4 1 2006 10 1 2006 10 1 2006 The Biochemical Society 2006 angiogenesis angiopoietin capillary splitting sprouting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) Angiogenesis is the growth of new...

... dysregulation of mRNA splicing of members of the VEGF–VEGFR axis. Correspondence: Dr David Bates (email Dave.Bates@bristol.ac.uk ). 26 9 2005 4 1 2006 12 1 2006 12 1 2006 The Biochemical Society 2006 pre-eclampsia splice variant vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF...

... Society 2005 angiogenesis inflammation signal transduction tumour vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) vascular permeability Angiogenesis and vasculogenesis are regulated predominantly by several different growth factors and their associated RTKs (receptor tyrosine kinases...

... growth factor (VEGF) VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) is known to be a multifunctional peptide capable of inducing receptor-mediated endothelial cell proliferation and angiogenesis [ 1 ]. Recently, a link between VEGF and cardiovascular diseases has been established. Elevation of VEGF...

... endothelial growth factor (VEGF) We read with interest the article by Seko and colleagues [ 1 ], who document that serum levels of endostatin and VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) are increased markedly in patients with acute myocardial infarction, but subsequently decrease significantly by early...

... of tumour growth in which vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and nitric oxide (NO) have been demonstrated to be involved. Our aim was to analyse whether changes in the expression of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) and VEGF in colonic tissue could be detected early and even before the identification...

...Malgorzata MILKIEWICZ; Olga HUDLICKA; Julie VERHAEG; Stuart EGGINTON; Margaret D. BROWN To determine the involvement of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors Flk-1 and Flt-1 in capillary growth in ischaemic skeletal muscle, extensor digitorum longus muscles from hindlimbs...