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The Angio-Fibrotic Switch of VEGF and CTGF in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

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2008

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Esther J. Kuiper, Frans A. van Nieuwenhoven, Marc D. de Smet, Jan C. van Meurs, Michael W.T. Tanck, Noëlynn Oliver, Ingeborg Klaassen, Cornelis J.F. Van Noorden, Roel Goldschmeding, Reinier O. Schlingemann
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Abstract

CTGF is primarily a pro-fibrotic factor in the eye, and a shift in the balance between CTGF and VEGF is associated with the switch from angiogenesis to fibrosis in proliferative retinopathy.

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