title: Expression of angiogenic factors in neurofibromas.
abstract: We studied the expression of angiogenic factors (vascular endothelial growth factor, basic fibroblast growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor and hepatocyte growth factor) in cutaneous neurofibroma samples from patients with neurofibromatosis-1. Immunohistochemical staining and the reverse transcribed polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method demonstrated that vascular endothelial and basic fibroblast growths factor are highly expressed in neurofibroma cells at both the protein and mRNA level. These data suggest that vascular endothelial and basic fibroblast growth factors may contribute to both the angiogenesis and hypervascularity of neurofibromas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. kyasuhir@med.tsukuba.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawachi
authors.forename: Xuezhu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Eiko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: Sumihisa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Imakado
authors.forename: Fujio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Otsuka
mesh_terms: D042501:Angiogenic Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016518:Neurofibromatosis 2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D042501:Angiogenic Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor