Ligand-specific differences in VEGFR-2 activation in response to VEGF-A and VEGF-E binding

O Li - 2021 - ourarchive.otago.ac.nz
Angiogenesis is the process of generating new blood vessels from existing ones. Vascular
endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) and their receptors (VEGFRs) are the main proteins and …

VEGFs, receptors and angiogenesis

T Veikkola, K Alitalo - Seminars in cancer biology, 1999 - Elsevier
Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from pre–-existing ones, is central for both
normal development and homeostasis as well as in certain pathological conditions. The …

Heterodimerization with vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) is necessary for VEGFR-3 activity

A Alam, JP Herault, P Barron, B Favier, P Fons… - Biochemical and …, 2004 - Elsevier
VEGFR-3 is essential for vascular development and maintenance of lymphatic vessel's
integrity. Little is known about its cooperative effect with other receptors of the same family …

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

T Nieminen, PI Toivanen, N Rintanen, T Heikura… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) are potential therapeutic agents
for treatment of ischemic diseases. Their angiogenic effects are mainly mediated through …

Heterodimerisation between VEGFR-1 and VEGFR-2 and not the homodimers of VEGFR-1 inhibit VEGFR-2 activity

M Cai, K Wang, CE Murdoch, Y Gu, A Ahmed - Vascular Pharmacology, 2017 - Elsevier
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling is tightly regulated by specific VEGF
receptors (VEGF-R). Recently, we identified heterodimerisation between VEGFR-1 and …

[HTML][HTML] Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)/VEGF-C mosaic molecules reveal specificity determinants and feature novel receptor binding patterns

M Jeltsch, T Karpanen, T Strandin, K Aho… - Journal of biological …, 2006 - ASBMB
Vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) and their receptors play key roles in
angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis. VEGF activates VEGF receptor-1 (VEGFR-1) and …

Functions of the VEGF/VEGF receptor system in the vascular system

G Breier - Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis, 2000 - thieme-connect.com
The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)/VEGF receptor system plays a central
regulatory role in physiological and pathological angiogenesis. During embryogenesis, the …

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors

G Neufeld, T Cohen, S Gengrinovitch… - The FASEB …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a highly specific mitogen for vascular
endothelial cells. Five VEGF isoforms are generated as a result of alternative splicing from a …

Substitution of C-terminus of VEGFR-2 with VEGFR-1 promotes VEGFR-1 activation and endothelial cell proliferation

RD Meyer, A Singh, F Majnoun, C Latz, K Lashkari… - Oncogene, 2004 - nature.com
VEGFR-1 is devoid of ligand-dependent tyrosine autophosphorylation and its activation is
not associated with proliferation of endothelial cells. The molecular mechanism responsible …

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)-A165b Is a Weak In vitro Agonist for VEGF Receptor-2 Due to Lack of Coreceptor Binding and Deficient Regulation of …

H Kawamura, X Li, SJ Harper, DO Bates… - Cancer Research, 2008 - AACR
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A165b is a COOH-terminal splice variant of VEGF-
A that has been implicated in negative regulation of angiogenesis. We compared the …