| Purity | Greaterthan98%bySDS-PAGE.Endotoxinlevelislessthan0.1ngperμg(1EU/ug)ofVEGF | 
| Source | E.coli | 
| SpecificActivity | ThebiologicalactivityofMillipore'shumanVEGFwasdeterminedbyitsmitogenicactivityonhumanumbilicalveinendothelialcells(HUVEC).Mitogenicactivitywasobtainedinaconcentrationrangeof1.0-8.0ng/mL. | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | ThisgeneisamemberofthePDGF/VEGFgrowthfactorfamilyandencodesaproteinthatisoftenfoundasadisulfidelinkedhomodimer.Thisproteinisaglycosylatedmitogenthatspecificallyactsonendothelialcellsandhasvariouseffects,includingmediatingincreasedvascularpermeability,inducingangiogenesis,vasculogenesisandendothelialcellgrowth,promotingcellmigration,andinhibitingapoptosis.ElevatedlevelsofthisproteinislinkedtoPOEMSsyndrome,alsoknownasCrow-Fukasesyndrome.Mutationsinthisgenehavebeenassociatedwithproliferativeandnonproliferativediabeticretinopathy.Alternativelysplicedtranscriptvariants,encodingeitherfreelysecretedorcell-associatedisoforms,havebeencharacterized.Thereisalsoevidencefortheuseofnon-AUG(CUG)translationinitiationsitesupstreamof,andin-framewiththefirstAUG,leADIngtoadditionalisoforms. | 
| GeneSymbol | VEGFAMGC70609VPFVEGFVEGF-A
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| UniProtNumber |  | 
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P15692#Growthfactoractiveinangiogenesis,vasculogenesisandendothelialcellgrowth.Inducesendothelialcellproliferation,promotescellmigration,inhibitsapoptosis,andinducespermeabilizationofbloodvessels.BindstotheVEGFR1/Flt-1andVEGFR2/Kdrreceptors,heparansulfateandheparin.Neuropilin-1bindsisoformsVEGF-165andVEGF-145. SIZE:232aminoacids;27042Da
 SUBUNIT:Homodimer;disulfide-linked.AlsofoundasheterodimerwithPlGF(Bysimilarity).
 SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Secreted.Note=VEGF121isacidicandfreelysecreted.VEGF165ismorebasic,hasheparin-bindingpropertiesand,althoughasignicantproportionremainscell-associated,mostisfreelysecreted.VEGF189isverybasic,itiscell-associatedaftersecretionandisboundavidlybyheparinandtheextracellularmatrix,althoughitmaybereleasedasasolubleformbyheparin,heparinaseorplasmin.
 TISSUESPECIFICITY:TheVEGF189,VEGF-165andVEGF-121isoformsarewidelyexpressed,whereastheVEGF206andVEGF-145areuncommon.
 SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P15692##BelongstothePDGF/VEGFgrowthfactorfamily.
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| StemCellType | NeuralStemCellsMesenchymalStemCellsHematopoieticStemCells
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| MolecularWeight | 38.2kDa |