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VEGF obstructs the lungs

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), known as a mediator of blood vessel formation and permeability, now gains an essential position in allergic lung responses (pages 1095–1103).

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Figure 1: VEGF in allergic lung inflammation.

Deborah Maizels

Figure 2: An airway from an IL-13 transgenic mouse model of asthma.

Patricia Fulkerson and Marc Rothenberg

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Rothenberg, M. VEGF obstructs the lungs. Nat Med 10, 1041–1042 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1004-1041

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