VEGF induction of HUVEC and CEP

Angiogenesis, the formation of new capillaries by sprouting from preexisting vessels, is mainly induced by VEGF-A. To identify genes which are induced by VEGF-A in endothelial cells and genes which are differently expressed or VEGF-A induced in HUVEC and CEP, HUVEC and CEP were starved and induced by VEGF-A165 for 30, 60 and 150min. RNA of induced and uninduced cells was isolated and subjected to microarray analysis using Affymetrix microarray.

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