… islet graft failure and graft loss. This review summarises our understanding of the role of
vascular endothelial growth factor-A … that promoting early graft vascularisation in clinical islet …

… In addition to promoting survival of pancreatic islets, in this … ECs is necessary to maintain
proper intra-islet vascularisation, … growth factor-A signaling, promotes beta cell regeneration. …

… islet capillary network is about five times denser than that of … of pancreatic islets consists
of thin fenestrated endothelial cells … suggest that disorganisation of islet vascularisation can …

… on the increase in beta-cell mass by BMT, we analyzed pancreatic islets of RIP-Cre… Pancreatic
islet production of vascular endothelial growth factor--a is essential for islet vascularization…

… , selectively stimulates endothelial cell growth and angiogenesis (6… strongly with the normal
adult pancreatic islets of Langerhans … Vascular endothelial growth factor: a new member …

… in islet vascularization is vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-… the vascularization of
pancreatic islets. Importantly, there was … Here we suggest that there is an important, albeit not …

… Islet survival depends on the diffusion of oxygen and nutrients. Pancreatic islets are heavily
vascularized… Islet capillaries are fenestrated, which may be important for the efficient release …

… from the islets, such as vascular endothelial growth factor-A (… an endothelial-endocrine axis
within adult pancreatic islets, … during β-cell growth and islet angiogenesis. For this purpose, …

… islet vascularization and inflammation was parallel to an increased expression of vascular
endothelial growth factor A (VEGF). … in pancreatic islets from insulin-resistant HFD-fed mice. A: …

… of VEGF-A in pancreatic islets and the subsequent effects this … of islet vascularization, in
adult islet vasculature and function. … indicate that VEGF-A in adult islets also plays an important …