DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature associating VEGFC and exudative vitreoretinopathy 1

VEGFC [ENSP00000480043]

Vascular endothelial growth factor C; Growth factor active in angiogenesis, and endothelial cell growth, stimulating their proliferation and migration and also has effects on the permeability of blood vessels. May function in angiogenesis of the venous and lymphatic vascular systems during embryogenesis, and also in the maintenance of differentiated lymphatic endothelium in adults. Binds and activates KDR/VEGFR2 and FLT4/VEGFR3 receptors.

Synonyms:  VEGFC,  P49767,  P49767p,  hP49767,  2X1W ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt