… Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) could play a … for VEGF overexpression in
pancreatic islets using the iron … in pancreatic islets, to improve angiogenesis and graft function, …

… the angiogenesis field, the vascular endothelial growth factors … However, VEGF-C is not
essential for the development of … Furthermore, overexpression of VEGF-C in pancreatic islet cell …

… previously shown that overexpression of HB-EGF in pancreatic islets leads to disrupted islet
… the Waved-2 background, demonstrating that EGFR activity was not required for the onset of …

… Pancreatic islets are extraordinarily vascular, receiving 10–… During early pancreatic
development, vascular endothelial … of appropriately vascularized, properly functioning islets [20, …

… , adult pancreatic β-cells are found at the core of an islet with … associated with pancreatic
islets are also important for their … be set even earlier, during pancreatic development. Moreover, …

… that vascularization and oxygenation of pancreatic islets are … and that signaling by vascular
endothelial growth factor (VEGF) … still attribute an important role to the islet endothelium, since …

… very important constraint. There is a critical paucity of pancreatic islets or pancreatic beta cells
for islet … in vivo, such as increased vascularization, circulating or local IGF effects, or other …

… Islet angiogenesis is promoted by three major families of angiogenic factors; vascular
endothelial growth … area within the pancreatic islets by CD31/PECAM-1, located on the surface of …

… of the doses that we used may have been higher than necessary to … of the reduced vascularity
of pancreatic islets after VEGF … We reasoned that if the loss of islet capillaries resulted in a …

… , but also with neovascularization of the new islet [27]. The … replication of the pancreatic islets
during the development of the … ME, Derynck R: Transforming growth factor-a: A more potent …