Elevated vascular endothelial growth factor in type 1 diabetic patients with diabetic nephropathy

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Ocular Fluid of Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy and Other Retinal Disorders

1994 • 3,652 citations

Albuminuria reflects widespread vascular damage

1989 • 1,390 citations

EARLY AGGRESSIVE ANTIHYPERTENSIVE TREATMENT REDUCES RATE OF DECLINE IN KIDNEY FUNCTION IN DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY

1983 • 884 citations

Intravitreous Injections of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Produce Retinal Ischemia and Microangiopathy in an Adult Primate

1996 • 516 citations

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Expression in Human Coronary Atherosclerotic Lesions

1998 • 448 citations

Microalbuminuria: An Early Marker of Renal Involvement in Diabetes

1985 • 433 citations

Progression of Nephropathy in Long-Term Diabetics with Proteinuria and Effect of Initial Anti-Hypertensive Treatment

1976 • 352 citations

Glucose-Induced Protein Kinase C Activation Regulates Vascular Permeability Factor mRNA Expression and Peptide Production by Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells In Vitro

1997 • 276 citations

Selection of Routine Method for Determination of Glomerular Filtration Rate in Adult Patients

1976 • 264 citations

Enzyme immunoassay: an improved determination of urinary albumin in diabetics with incipient nephropathy

1985 • 231 citations

Predictors of the progression of renal insufficiency in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes and overt diabetic nephropathy

1996 • 228 citations

A prospective study of glomerular filtration rate and arterial blood pressure in insulin-dependent diabetics with diabetic nephropathy

1981 • 225 citations

Upregulation of the vascular endothelial growth factor/vascular endothelial growth factor receptor system in experimental background diabetic retinopathy of the rat.

1998 • 222 citations

Lack of Relationship Between an Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism in the Angiotensin I–Converting Enzyme Gene and Diabetic Nephropathy and Proliferative Retinopathy in IDDM Patients

1995 • 187 citations

Monitoring glomerular function in diabetic nephropathy

1983 • 186 citations

Expression of vascular permeability factor (VPF/VEGF) is altered in many glomerular diseases.

1996 • 183 citations

Stretch-induced VEGF expression in the heart.

1997 • 182 citations

Regulation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expression by Insulin-Like Growth Factor I

1997 • 182 citations

Angiotensin II Stimulates the Synthesis and Secretion of Vascular Permeability Factor/Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Human Mesangial Cells

1999 • 153 citations

Ocular vascular endothelial growth factor levels in diabetic rats are elevated before observable retinal proliferative changes

1997 • 136 citations

Hypoxia regulates vascular endothelial growth factor receptor KDR/Flk gene expression through adenosine A2 receptors in retinal capillary endothelial cells.

1996 • 129 citations

Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in renal vascular disease and renal allografts

1995 • 124 citations

Vascular endothelial growth factor expression in peripheral nerves and dorsal root ganglia in diabetic neuropathy in rats

1999 • 116 citations

Variation in Detection of VEGF in Maternal Serum by Immunoassay and the Possible Influence of Binding Proteins

1997 • 102 citations

Vitreous levels of vascular endothelial growth factor are not influenced by its serum concentrations in diabetic retinopathy

1997 • 99 citations

Insertion/deletion polymorphism in the angiotensin-l-converting enzyme gene is associated with coronary heart disease in IDDM patients with diabetic nephropathy

1995 • 86 citations

Plasma concentration of immunoreactive vascular endothelial growth factor and its relation to smoking

1998 • 71 citations

Promotion, prediction and prevention of progression of nephropathy in Type 1 diabetes mellitus

1998 • 57 citations

High Levels of Biologically Active Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) are Produced by the Baculovirus Expression System

1992 • 53 citations

Maternal Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor during Early Pregnancy

1997 • 52 citations

Activated mesangial cells produce vascular permeability factor in early-stage mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis.

1998 • 44 citations

Promotion, prediction, and prevention of progression in diabetic nephropathy.

1998 • 20 citations

Diabetic kidney disease: the role of growth factors

1998 • 13 citations