Cigarette smoke regulates VEGFR2-mediated survival signaling in rat lungs

• Main Authors: Stevenson Christopher S (Author), Arunachalam Gnanapragasam (Author), Edirisinghe Indika (Author), Marwick John A (Author), MacNee William (Author), Kirkham Paul A (Author), Rahman Irfan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2)-mediated survival signaling is critical to endothelial cell survival, maintenance of the vasculature and alveolar structure and regeneration of lung tissue. Reduc...