The Angio-Fibrotic Switch of VEGF and CTGF in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

BACKGROUND: In proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) cause blindness by neovascularization and subsequent fibrosis, but their relative contribution to both processes is unknown. We hypothesize that the balance b...

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Autores principales: Kuiper, Esther J., Van Nieuwenhoven, Frans A., de Smet, Marc D., van Meurs, Jan C., Tanck, Michael W., Oliver, Noelynn, Klaassen, Ingeborg, Van Noorden, Cornelis J. F., Goldschmeding, Roel, Schlingemann, Reinier O.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2443281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18628999
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002675

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2443281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18628999
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002675

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