Microenvironment Influence of a Novel Bioengineered Wound Product, APIS®: A Preliminary In Vitro Analysis of Inflammatory Marker and Growth Factor Secretion by Isaac Rodriguez, Tricia Conti, Nina Bionda

“…Additionally, the secretion of prohealing growth factors such as basic fibroblast growth factor (FGFb) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) was observed. …”
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Placental Growth Factor, Soluble fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 1, Soluble Endoglin, IL-6, and IL-16 as Biomarkers in Preeclampsia by Carmen Rădulescu, Anca Bacârea, Adina Huțanu, Rozalia Gabor, Minodora Dobreanu

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Effects of Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 on the Maintenance of Cell Viability and Osteogenic Differentiation of Gingiva-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Spheroids by Somyeong Hwa, Hyun-Jin Lee, Youngkyung Ko, Jun-Beom Park

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Serum vascular endothelial growth factor levels as a marker of skin thickening, digital ischemia, and interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis by Chinnadurai Saranya, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Mahendran Bhuvanesh, Chilukuri Balaji, Selvakumar Balameena, Sankaralingam Rajeswari

“…Background: Vascular injury is the initial event in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and potent proangiogenic mediators such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) are overexpressed in the skin and circulation of patients with SSc. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Combination Therapy with Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Laser for Retinopathy of Prematurity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Alamoudi A, Alnabihi AN, Alsudais AS, Almufarriji N, Batais WT, Aldahlawi AK, Altalhi A, Al-Dhibi HA, Alakeely AG

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Management of Post-implant Inferior Alveolar Neuropathy, Utilizing Autologous Fibrin Glue, Concentrated Growth Factors and Enriched Bone Graft Matrix—A Case Report with 5 Years Follow-Up by Siva Prakash Dhanaraj, Sriganesh Anguswamy, Narmadha Dominic, Arun Sarfoji, Kayathri, Ashwini Sukanya

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Choline Phospholipid Metabolites of Human Vascular Endothelial Cells Altered by Cyclooxygenase Inhibition, Growth Factor Depletion, and Paracrine Factors Secreted by Cancer Cells by Noriko Mori, Kshama Natarajan, V. P. Chacko, Dmitri Artemov, Zaver M. Bhujwalla

“…Growth factor depletion or treatment with INDO induced similar changes in the choline phospholipid metabolites of HUVECs. …”
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An Elevated Maternal Plasma Soluble fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase-1 to Placental Growth Factor Ratio at Midtrimester Is a Useful Predictor for Preeclampsia by Mahmoud Fathy Hassan, Nancy Mohamed Ali Rund, Ahmed Husseiny Salama

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RNA Interference Targeting Snail Inhibits the Transforming Growth Factor β2-Induced Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Human Lens Epithelial Cells by Ping Li, Jiaona Jing, Jianyan Hu, Tiejun Li, Yuncheng Sun, Huaijin Guan

“…Transcription factors Snail is a key trigger of EMT activated by transforming growth factor β (TGFβ). This study was done to investigate the effect of Snail targeting siRNA on TGFβ2-induced EMT in human lens epithelial cells. …”
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mTORC2 Activation Mediated by Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Secreted Hepatocyte Growth Factors for the Recovery of Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Vascular Endothelial Barrier by Shan-Shan Meng, Feng-Mei Guo, Li-Li Huang, Ying-Zi Huang, Jian-Feng Xie, Cong-Shan Yang, Hai-Bo Qiu, Yi Yang

“…Mesenchymal stem cell-secreted hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) has positive effects of lipopolysaccharide- (LPS-) induced pulmonary endothelial barrier. …”
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Correlation between Endometrial Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expression and Pregnancy Outcome of Frozen–Thawed Embryo Transfer in Patients with Repeated Implantation Failure by Rui Jin, Wenye Ma, Dawei Tang, Fang Liu, Gang Bai, Mengmeng Reng

“…Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a well-known angiogenic factor that is essential to numerous physiological and pathological processes. …”
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CCAAT/Enhancer-Binding Protein β Mediates Oxygen-Induced Retinal Neovascularization via Retinal Vascular Damage and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor by Tingting Li, Xuan Cai, Xiangning Wang, Xueyan Zhang, Hui Zhang, Biwei Xu, Shiwei Li, Jianyan Hu, Qiang Wu

“…Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and western blot analyses were used to measure mRNA and protein levels of C/EBP β and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). The expression of p-C/EBP β was also examined by western blot analyses. …”
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Elevated Transforming Growth Factor-β2 in the Aqueous Humor: A Possible Explanation for High Rate of Capsular Contraction Syndrome in High Myopia by Keke Zhang, Xiangjia Zhu, Minjie Chen, Xinghuai Sun, Jin Yang, Peng Zhou, Yi Lu

“…The purpose of the study was to elucidate the role of transforming growth factor-beta 2 (TGF-β2) in the development of high myopic capsular contraction syndrome. …”
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Growth factors IGF-1 and KGF and adipose-derived stem cells promote migration and viability of primary human keratinocytes in an in vitro wound model by Nina Stadelmann, Raymund E. Horch, Rafael Schmid, David Ostendorf, Ajay Peddi, Theresa Promny, Anja M. Boos, Annika Kengelbach-Weigand

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Ethyl Lactate Ameliorates Hepatic Steatosis and Acute‐on‐Chronic Liver Injury in Alcohol‐Associated Liver Disease by Inducing Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 by Yang Jiang, Shuang Wei, Shiming Shen, Yuxiao Liu, Weitong Su, Dong Ding, Zengpeng Zheng, Haokai Yu, Tingting Zhang, Qiuli Yang, Jiuxiang Zhao, Yi Shen, Xia Fang, Liangcai Lin, Dongguang Xiao, Aoyuan Cui, Qin Wan, Yadong Zhang, Yu Li, Cuiying Zhang

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Rapid Visualization of Human Tumor Xenografts through Optical Imaging with a Near-Infrared Fluorescent Anti–Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Nanobody by Sabrina Oliveira, Guus A.M.S. van Dongen, Marijke Stigter-van Walsum, Rob C. Roovers, Jord C. Stam, Willem Mali, Paul J. van Diest, Paul M.P. van Bergen en Henegouwen

“…Given that overexpression of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is found in many types of human epithelial cancers, noninvasive molecular imaging of this receptor is of great interest. …”
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Associations between Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Gene Polymorphisms and Different Types of Diabetic Retinopathy Susceptibility: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Liming Hu, Chunmei Gong, Xiaoping Chen, Honghao Zhou, Junxia Yan, Wenxu Hong

“…Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene polymorphisms have been shown to be associated with the risk of diabetic retinopathy (DR), but the results were inconsistent. …”
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Case report: Personalized management of treatment resistance in advanced NSCLC patients with mutated epidermal growth factor receptor: special examples and literature review by Jun Wang, Jun Wang, Xiaojing Li, Shuang Dong, Sheng Hu, Fengming Ran, Yu Qian

“…While third-generation epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR TKIs) have become the cornerstone of frontline therapy for patients harboring classic sensitive EGFR mutations, all tumors ultimately develop acquired resistance to these approaches, which can be categorized into three primary mechanism subclasses. …”
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Resistance to the Beneficial Metabolic Effects and Hepatic Antioxidant Defense Actions of Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Treatment in Growth Hormone-Overexpressing Transgenic Mice by Ravneet K. Boparai, Oge Arum, Johanna G. Miquet, Michal M. Masternak, Andrzej Bartke, Romesh K. Khardori

“…Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) modulates a diverse range of biological functions, including glucose and lipid metabolism, adaptive starvation response, and energy homeostasis, but with limited mechanistic insight. …”
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Rare variant associations with birth weight identify genes involved in adipose tissue regulation, placental function and insulin-like growth factor signalling by Katherine A. Kentistou, Brandon E. M. Lim, Lena R. Kaisinger, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Luke N. Sharp, Kashyap A. Patel, Vinicius Tragante, Gareth Hawkes, Eugene J. Gardner, Thorhildur Olafsdottir, Andrew R. Wood, Yajie Zhao, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Felix R. Day, Susan E. Ozanne, Andrew T. Hattersley, Stephen O’Rahilly, Kari Stefansson, Ken K. Ong, Robin N. Beaumont, John R. B. Perry, Rachel M. Freathy

“…To conclude, our analysis of rare coding variants identifies regulators of fetal adipose tissue and fetoplacental angiogenesis as determinants of birth weight, and further evidence for the role of insulin-like growth factors.…”
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