"Angiopoietin-1" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The first to be discovered member of the angiopoietin family. It may play a role in increasing the sprouting and branching of BLOOD VESSELS. Angiopoietin-1 specifically binds to and stimulates the TIE-2 RECEPTOR. Several isoforms of angiopoietin-1 occur due to ALTERNATIVE SPLICING of its mRNA.
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D042683
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D12.644.276.100.100.100 D12.776.467.100.100.100 D23.529.100.100.100
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Circulating angiopoietins-1 and -2, angiopoietin receptor Tie-2 and vascular endothelial growth factor-A as biomarkers of acute myocardial infarction: a prospective nested case-control study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2011 Jun 14; 11:31.