Vascular endothelial growth factor A

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Vascular endothelial growth factor A The original member of the family of endothelial cell growth factors referred to as vascular endothelial growth factors. Vascular endothelial growth factor-A was originally isolated from tumor cells and referred to as "tumor angiogenesis factor" and "vascular permeability factor".

Although expressed at high levels in certain tumor-derived cells it is produced by a wide variety of cell types. In addition to stimulating vascular growth and vascular permeability it may play a role in stimulating vasodilation via nitric oxide-dependent pathways.

Alternative splicing of the mRNA for vascular endothelial growth factor A results in several isoforms of the protein being produced.

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This concise article on Vascular endothelial growth factor A incorporates public domain text from the US National Library of Medicine.



Proteins involved in angiogenesis
angiogenic
anti-angiogenic



Growth factors
Fibroblast
FGF receptor ligands:
KGF
FGF homologous factors:
* FGF11(FHF3)
hormone-like: FGF15/19
EGF-like domain
TGFβ pathway
Insulin/IGF/
Relaxin family
Platelet-derived



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