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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C
Tree Number(s)
D12.644.276.100.800.400
D12.776.467.100.800.400
D23.529.100.800.400
Unique ID
D042582
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D042582
Scope Note
A vascular endothelial growth factor that specifically binds to VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2 and VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-3. In addition to being an angiogenic factor it can act on LYMPHATIC VESSELS to stimulate LYMPHANGIOGENESIS. It is similar in structure to VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR D in that they both contain N- and C-terminal extensions that were not found in other VEGF family members.
Entry Term(s)
VEGF-C
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-C
Previous Indexing
Endothelial Growth Factors (1996-2003)
Public MeSH Note
2004; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C was indexed under ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS 1996-2003
History Note
2004; use VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C (NM) 1996-2003
Date Established
2004/01/01
Date of Entry
2003/07/09
Revision Date
2006/07/05
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C Preferred
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