Peripheral Blood Platelets Express VEGF-C and VEGF which Are Released during Platelet Activation

Wartiovaara, Ulla; Salvén, Petri; Mikkola, Hanna; Lassila, Riitta; Kaukonen, Jaakko; Joukov, Vladimir; Orpana, Arto; Ristimäki, Ari; Heikinheimo, Markku; Joensuu, Heikki; Alitalo, Kari; Palotie, Aarno

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1615158

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Peripheral Blood Platelets Express VEGF-C and VEGF which Are Released during Platelet Activation

Published in Thrombosis and Haemostasis • Jan 1, 1998

Authors:

Ulla Wartiovaara

Petri Salvén

Hanna Mikkola

Abstract

VEGF-C is a recently characterised endothelial growth factor structurally related to vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). We studied the expression of VEGF-C and VEGF in the cells of peripheral blood and in the umbilical cord blood CD 34+ cells, representing haematopoietic progenitor cells. Ex...

Subject

Platelet

Angiogenesis

CD34

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