Gremlin is a novel agonist of the major proangiogenic receptor VEGFR2

Blood

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3677-3680

  Mitola, Stefania ^a   Ravelli, Cosetta ^a   Moroni, Emanuela ^a   Salvi, Valentina ^a   Leali, Daria ^a   Ballmer Hofer, Kurt ^b   Zammataro, Luca ^c   Presta, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; GREMLIN; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 78149300188     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-06-291930     Document Type: Article

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