Angiogenic factor in vitreous from diabetic retinopathy.
Vitreous from patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy contains an angiogenic substance which stimulates the proliferation of blood vessels on the chick chorioallantoic membrane, whereas vitreous from non-diabetics who do not have a proliferative retinopathy does not.
D000482:Allantois / Q000098:blood supply / Q000187:drug effects; D043925:Angiogenesis Inducing Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002823:Chorion / Q000098:blood supply / Q000187:drug effects; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000378:metabolism*; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000032:analysis*
D043925:Angiogenesis Inducing Agents; D006133:Growth Substances