Vascular endothelial growth factor-B in physiology and disease

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 779-794

  Bry, Maija ^a   Kivelä, Riikka ^a   Leppänen, Veli Matti ^a   Alitalo, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROPILIN; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN B; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEART DISEASE; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DISEASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR B;

EID: 84903644083     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: 15221210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00028.2013     Document Type: Review

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