Targeting the Gremlin-VEGFR2 axis - A promising strategy for multiple diseases?

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 236, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 403-406

  Erdmann, Robert ^a   Ozden, Cansu ^a   Weidmann, Jens ^a   Schultze, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

cancer; fibrosis; Gremlin; renal inflammation; VEGFR2

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GREMLIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; AUTACOID; CKTSF1B1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GREM1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2, HUMAN; VEGFR2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FRACTURE HEALING; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE COMPLEX NEPHRITIS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; LUNG FIBROSIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEPHRITIS; OSSIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; FEMALE; KIDNEY; MALE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KIDNEY; MALE; NEPHRITIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 84937524352     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: 10969896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.4544     Document Type: Review

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