The impact of the receptor binding profiles of the vascular endothelial growth factors on their angiogenic features

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1840, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 454-463

  Nieminen, Tiina ^a   Toivanen, Pyry I ^a   Rintanen, Nina ^b   Heikura, Tommi ^a   Jauhiainen, Suvi ^a   Airenne, Kari J ^a   Alitalo, Kari ^c   Marjomäki, Varpu ^b   Ylä Herttuala, Seppo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Neuropilin; Receptor activation; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

NEUROPILIN; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SWINE; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL;

ANGIOGENESIS; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; HEK293T CELLS; HEPARAN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS; HEXAHISTIDINE TAG; HIS-TAG; HSP27; HSPGS; HUMAN EMBRYONIC KIDNEY 293T CELLS; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUVECS; NEUROPILIN; NRP; PAE CELLS; PHOSPHOLIPASE CΓ; PLACENTA GROWTH FACTOR; PLCΓ; PLGF; PORCINE AORTIC ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; RECEPTOR ACTIVATION; SNRP1-FC; SOLUBLE NRP1 IGG FC FRAGMENT FUSION PROTEIN; T-CELL-SPECIFIC ADAPTER; TSAD; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; VE-CADHERIN; VEGF; VEGF RECEPTOR 2; VEGFR2;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLASMIDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWINE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 84886053524     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: 18728006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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