Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is an important mediator of vascular development and postnatal angiogenesis.1,2 Homozygous deletion of VEGF gene leads to impaired vascular formation and early embryonic lethality.3 Interestingly, deletion of just one VEGF allele is sufficient to produce similar vascular abnormalities,3,4 suggesting that the strength and integrity of the VEGF signaling ...

4th Annual Symposium of the American Heart Association Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Cardiovascular Repair and Regeneration: Structural and Molecular Approaches in the Cellular Era July 30–August 2, 2007 Keystone Conference Center Keystone, CO Sponsored by the American Heart Association Councils on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences and Clinical Cardiology and the American Heart Associati...