V Bhandari, R Choo-Wing, CG Lee, Z Zhu, JH … - Nature - basicmed.med.ncku.edu.tw The angiogenic growth factor angiopoietin 2 (Ang2) destabilizes blood vessels,
enhances vascular leak and induces vascular regression and endothelial cell
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S Yakar, D LeRoith, P Brodt - Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews, 2005 - Elsevier Over the past two decades it has become widely appreciated that a relationship
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IG Lee, SL Chae, JC Kim - Eye, 2005 - nature.com The circulating CD34+MNCs and c-Kit+MNCs increased in the NPDR and PDR groups
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K Hirokoshi, Y Maeshima, K Kobayashi, E … - American journal of hypertension, 2005 - Elsevier The concentrations of serum Ang-2 were significantly elevated in healthy
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T Makinde, DK Agrawal - Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 2008 - interscience.wiley.com Angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1) is the primary agonist for Tie2 tyrosine kinase receptor
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CR Ban, SM Twigg - Vascular Health and Risk Management, 2008 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Diabetes mellitus is characterized by a lack of insulin causing elevated blood
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JV Patel, HS Lim, GI Varughese, EA Hughes, … - Annals of medicine, 2008 - informahealthcare.com Results. There were 11 cases of myocardial infarction (MI) and 18 cases of
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