VEGF
Noun
Meaning
VEGF (uncountable)
Initialism of vascular endothelial growth factor.
Examples
Its CABOMETYX and COMETRIQ are derived from cabozantinib, an inhibitor of multiple tyrosine kinases, including MET, AXL, RET, and VEGF receptors.
Avastin is the only currently available treatment for patients with mRCC that directly inhibits VEGF.
This review includes the current knowledge of anti-VEGF treatment for ROP from animal models of oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR), highlighting the importance of VEGF inhibition by targeting retinal Müller cells, which inhibits IVNV and permits PRVD.
VEGF stimulates blood vessel growth after injury, and tumors hijack this protein to increase their blood supply.
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) seems to play a vital role in promoting neovascularization.
Within a wide range of cellular factors and cytokines, issues with normal genetic expression and bioactivity of the vascular growth and permeability factor vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) appear to play a major role in many of the disorders.