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Gene polymorphisms of VEGF and VEGFR2 are associated with the severity of Hashimoto's disease and the intractability of Graves' disease, respectively.
Endocrine journal - 28 May 2020
Okamoto Mami, Watanabe Mikio, Inoue Naoya, Ogawa Kazane, Hidaka Yoh, Iwatani Yoshinori
Abstract excerpt
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is one of main regulators of angiogenesis that functions by binding to its receptors, including VEGF receptor (VEGFR) 2. There are few data available regarding the association between VEGF and VEGFR polymorphisms and the susceptibility to and prognosis of autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs). To elucidate this association, we genotyped four functional VEGF and two VEGFR2...
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