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Figure 2 | Fibrogenesis & Tissue Repair

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From: Diabetic angiopathy and angiogenic defects

Figure 2

sFllt1 plays as endogenous inhibitor of VEGF signaling by trapping free-VEGF. VEGF signaling is strictly regulated by endogenous molecules, including sFlt1. sFlt1 binds to and sequesters VEGF from cell-surface VEGF receptors, subsequently VEGF modulated pro-angiogenesis signal is inhibited.

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