Thrombocytes Are the Major Source for Soluble Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Peripheral Blood

Angiogenesis in cancer, vascular, rheumatoid and other disease

1995 • 7,717 citations

Vascular endothelial growth factor induced by hypoxia may mediate hypoxia-initiated angiogenesis

1992 • 4,631 citations

Vascular endothelial growth factor mediates angiogenic activity during the proliferative phase of wound healing.

1998 • 822 citations

Constitutive production and thrombin-induced release of vascular endothelial growth factor by human megakaryocytes and platelets

1997 • 719 citations

Release of the angiogenic cytokine vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) from platelets: significance for VEGF measurements and cancer biology

1998 • 608 citations

Peripheral blood T lymphocytes and lymphocytes infiltrating human cancers express vascular endothelial growth factor: a potential role for T cells in angiogenesis.

1995 • 397 citations

Vascular endothelial growth factor in the sera and effusions of patients with malignant and nonmalignant disease

1999 • 366 citations

Synthesis, Storage, and Release of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor/Vascular Permeability Factor (VEGF/VPF) by Human Mast Cells: Implications for the Biological Significance of VEGF₂₀₆

1998 • 339 citations

Elevated levels of the angiogenic cytokines basic fibroblast growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor in sera of cancer patients

1997 • 288 citations

High pre-treatment serum level of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is associated with poor outcome in small-cell lung cancer

1998 • 275 citations

A High Pretreatment Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Concentration Is Associated With Poor Outcome in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

1997 • 261 citations

Prognostic significance of thrombocytosis in patients with primary lung cancer

1996 • 226 citations

Regulation of macrophage production of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) by hypoxia and transforming growth factor β-1

1998 • 193 citations

Preoperative serum vascular endothelial growth factor can predict stage in colorectal cancer.

1998 • 186 citations

Serum vascular endothelial growth factor is often elevated in disseminated cancer.

1997 • 181 citations

ACTIVATED HUMAN NEUTROPHILS EXPRESS VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR (VEGF)

1998 • 145 citations

Regulation of the expression of the VEGF/VPS and its receptors: role in tumor angiogenesis

1995 • 145 citations

Poor prognosis associated with thrombocytosis in patients with cervical cancer

1992 • 109 citations

TGFβ-1 regulation of VEGF production by breast cancer cells

1997 • 99 citations

Circulating Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Patients With Colorectal Cancer

1998 • 94 citations

Increased Serum Levels of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

1998 • 93 citations

Independent expression of serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in patients with carcinoma and sarcoma.

1998 • 91 citations

Increase in AP-1 Transcription Factor DNA Binding Activity by Valproic Acid

1997 • 82 citations

Hemostasis in malignancy

1990 • 79 citations

Ovarian carcinoma associated thrombocytosis. Correlation with prognostic factors and with survival.

1998 • 53 citations

Follicular large cell lymphoma: analysis and prognostic factors in 62 patients.

1984 • 42 citations

Bullous pemphigoid and pemphigus vulgaris: correlated behaviour of serum VEGF, sE-selectin and TNF-alpha levels.

1998 • 31 citations

Vascular endothelial growth factor in the sera and effusions of patients with malignant and nonmalignant disease

1999 • 27 citations

High pre‐treatment serum level of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is associated with poor outcome in small‐cell lung cancer

1998 • 20 citations

Prediction of platelet production during chemotherapy of acute leukemia

1982 • 19 citations