S64 Alveolar epithelial type II cell expression of VEGF-Axxxa is critical for development of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF): an anti-fibrotic role for VEGF-Axxxb anti-angiogenic isoforms?

Abstract

IntroductionVEGF has been implicated in the development of IPF. Alternative splicing of the VEGF-A gene generates numerous isoforms. The differential effects of these isoforms, in particular the VEGF-Axxxb family, thought...