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SUBMITTER: Miyake T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4840331 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Miyake Tatsuya T Kumasawa Keiichi K Sato Noriko N Takiuchi Tsuyoshi T Nakamura Hitomi H Kimura Tadashi T
Scientific reports 20160422
Soluble Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 1 (sVEGFR1/sFLT1) is an angiogenesis inhibitor that competes with angiogenic factors such as VEGF and Placental Growth Factor (PlGF). Imbalances of VEGF and sFLT1 levels can cause pathological conditions such as tumour growth or preeclampsia. We observed direct damage caused by sFLT1 in tumour cells. We exposed several kinds of cells derived from ovarian and colorectal cancers as well as HEK293T cells to sFLT1 in two ways, transfection and exog ...[more]