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Contrasting actions of selective inhibitors of angiopoietin-1 and angiopoietin-2 on the normalization of tumor blood vessels.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Nov 2009
Falcón Beverly L, Hashizume Hiroya, Koumoutsakos Petros, Chou Jeyling, Bready James V, Coxon Angela, Oliner Jonathan D, McDonald Donald M
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Angiopoietin-1 (Ang1) and angiopoietin-2 (Ang2) have complex actions in angiogenesis and vascular remodeling due to their effects on Tie2 receptor signaling. Ang2 blocks Ang1-mediated activation of Tie2 in endothelial cells under certain conditions but is a Tie2 receptor agonist in others. We exa...
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