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Association study between of Tie2/angiopoietin-2 and VEGF/KDR pathway gene polymorphisms and vascular malformations.
Gene - 10 Jul 2013
Zheng Qiupeng, Du Jing, Zhang Zhaofeng, Xu Jianhua, Fu Lingyuan, Cao Yunlei, Huang Xianliang, Guo Lingli
Abstract excerpt
Vascular malformations (VMs) are common congenital and neonatal dysmorphogenesis. VMs mostly occur sporadically with a few exceptions of inheritability. Tie2/angiopoietins-2 (Ang-2) and VEGF/KDR pathways are known to be involved in normal and pathogenic angiogenesis. Our study was aimed to test the contribution of these pathway gene variants to VMs. A total of 8 variants were found among 103 VM patients and 142...
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