Growth Factors (Thyroid Tumors)

VEGF Expression in Different Histological Types of Thyroid Tumors

Published in Angiogenesis Weekly, September 6th, 1999

The histological types of thyroid tumor may establish the vascular pattern by way of a paracrine mechanism that involves vascular endothelial growth factor, researchers indicate.

Angiogenesis studies on vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) - also known as vascular permeability factor (VPF) - address various types of malignant tumors; however, little is known about the role or significance of VEGF in human thyroid neoplasms, noted R. Katoh and colleagues at Japan's Yamanashi Medical University School of Medicine.

Therefore, Katoh et al. performed a study to determine whether VEGF is found in normal and neoplastic thyroids and whether its...

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