Product Background |
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is an essential regulator of vascularization. It is expressed as several splice variants; the major forms contain 120 amino acids, 164 amino acids, and 188 amino acids. VEGF-A164 induces an extremely heterogeneous response that includes vascular hyperpermeability, extravascular fibrin deposition, edema, angiogenesis (mother vessels, GB, daughter capillaries), arteriovenous malformations, arteriogenesis, fibrogenesis, and lymphangiogenesis. |