Arhgef15 promotes retinal angiogenesis by mediating VEGF-induced Cdc42 activation and potentiating RhoJ inactivation in endothelial cells.

BACKGROUND: Drugs inhibiting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling are globally administered to suppress deregulated angiogenesis in a variety of eye diseases. However, anti-VEGF therapy potentially affects the normal functions of retinal neurons and glias which constitutively express...

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Main Authors: Sentaro Kusuhara, Yoko Fukushima, Shigetomo Fukuhara, Lars Martin Jakt, Mitsuhiro Okada, Yuri Shimizu, Masayuki Hata, Kohji Nishida, Akira Negi, Masanori Hirashima, Naoki Mochizuki, Shin-Ichi Nishikawa, Akiyoshi Uemura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3448698?pdf=render