Source | RecombinanthumanDNAexpressedinbaculovirusinfectedSf9cells |
EntrezGeneNumber | |
EntrezGeneSummary | ThisgeneisamemberofthePDGF/VEGFgrowthfactorfamilyandencodesaproteinthatisoftenfoundasadisulfidelinkedhomodimer.Thisproteinisaglycosylatedmitogenthatspecificallyactsonendothelialcellsandhasvariouseffects,includingmediatingincreasedvascularpermeability,inducingangiogenesis,vasculogenesisandendothelialcellgrowth,promotingcellmigration,andinhibitingapoptosis.ElevatedlevelsofthisproteinislinkedtoPOEMSsyndrome,alsoknownasCrow-Fukasesyndrome.Mutationsinthisgenehavebeenassociatedwithproliferativeandnonproliferativediabeticretinopathy.Alternativelysplicedtranscriptvariants,encodingeitherfreelysecretedorcell-associatedisoforms,havebeencharacterized.Thereisalsoevidencefortheuseofnon-AUG(CUG)translationinitiationsitesupstreamof,andin-framewiththefirstAUG,leADIngtoadditionalisoforms. |
GeneSymbol | - VEGFA
- VEGF-A
- VEGF
- VPF
- MGC70609
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PurificationMethod | Sterilizedthrougha0.2micronmembranefilter |
UniProtNumber | |
UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P15692#Growthfactoractiveinangiogenesis,vasculogenesisandendothelialcellgrowth.Inducesendothelialcellproliferation,promotescellmigration,inhibitsapoptosis,andinducespermeabilizationofbloodvessels.BindstotheVEGFR1/Flt-1andVEGFR2/Kdrreceptors,heparansulfateandheparin.Neuropilin-1bindsisoformsVEGF-165andVEGF-145. SIZE:232aminoacids;27042Da SUBUNIT:Homodimer;disulfide-linked.AlsofoundasheterodimerwithPlGF(Bysimilarity). SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Secreted.Note=VEGF121isacidicandfreelysecreted.VEGF165ismorebasic,hasheparin-bindingpropertiesand,althoughasignicantproportionremainscell-associated,mostisfreelysecreted.VEGF189isverybasic,itiscell-associatedaftersecretionandisboundavidlybyheparinandtheextracellularmatrix,althoughitmaybereleasedasasolubleformbyheparin,heparinaseorplasmin. TISSUESPECIFICITY:TheVEGF189,VEGF-165andVEGF-121isoformsarewidelyexpressed,whereastheVEGF206andVEGF-145areuncommon. SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P15692##BelongstothePDGF/VEGFgrowthfactorfamily. |
StemCellType | - NeuralStemCells
- MesenchymalStemCells
- HematopoieticStemCells
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