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Differentiated human podocytes endogenously express an inhibitory isoform of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF165b) mRNA and protein.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology - 1 Apr 2004
Cui Tai-Gen, Foster Rebecca R, Saleem Moin, Mathieson Peter W, Gillatt David A, Bates David O, Harper Steven J
Abstract excerpt
Despite production by podocytes of the proangiogenic molecule vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF), the glomeruli are not sites of angiogenesis. We recently described mRNA expression of an inhibitory splice variant of VEGF (VEGF165b) in normal kidney (Bates DO, Cui TG, Doughty JM, Winkler...
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