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FGF-2 binding to fibrin(ogen) is required for augmented angiogenesis.
Blood - 1 Jan 2006
Sahni Abha, Khorana Alok A, Baggs Raymond B, Peng Hu, Francis Charles W
Abstract excerpt
We have shown previously that fibrin(ogen) binds fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2) and potentiates stimulation of endothelial-cell (EC) proliferation. We have now used 2 FGF-2 mutants differing only in the 5 residues constituting the binding site to characterize the importance of this interaction in angiogenesis. The nonbinding (2212) and binding (221*2) mutants stimulated EC proliferation by 2.2 +/- 0.4-fold...
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