Altered ratios of pro- and anti-angiogenic VEGF-A variants and pericyte expression of DLL4 disrupt the vascular maturation in infantile haemangioma
(2016)
Journal Article
Ye, X., Abou-Rayyah, Y., Bischoff, J., Ritchie, A., Sebire, N. J., Watts, P., …Bates, D. O. (in press). Altered ratios of pro- and anti-angiogenic VEGF-A variants and pericyte expression of DLL4 disrupt the vascular maturation in infantile haemangioma. Journal of Pathology, 239(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/path.4715
Infantile haemangioma (IH), the most common neoplasm in infants, is a slowly resolving vascular tumour. Vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A), which consists of both the pro- and anti-angiogenic variants, contributes to the pathogenesis of IH... Read More about Altered ratios of pro- and anti-angiogenic VEGF-A variants and pericyte expression of DLL4 disrupt the vascular maturation in infantile haemangioma.