VEGF is a modifier of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in mice and humans and protects motoneurons against ischemic death.

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Published in Nat Genet on August 01, 2003

Authors

Diether Lambrechts1, Erik Storkebaum, Masafumi Morimoto, Jurgen Del-Favero, Frederik Desmet, Stefan L Marklund, Sabine Wyns, Vincent Thijs, Jörgen Andersson, Ingrid van Marion, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Stephanie Bornes, Rhiannon Musson, Valerie Hansen, Lars Beckman, Rolf Adolfsson, Hardev Singh Pall, Hervé Prats, Severine Vermeire, Paul Rutgeerts, Shigehiro Katayama, Takuya Awata, Nigel Leigh, Loïc Lang-Lazdunski, Mieke Dewerchin, Christopher Shaw, Lieve Moons, Robert Vlietinck, Karen E Morrison, Wim Robberecht, Christine Van Broeckhoven, Désiré Collen, Peter M Andersen, Peter Carmeliet

Author Affiliations

1: The Center for Transgene Technology and Gene Therapy, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology and Department of Neurology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Leuven, B-3000, Belgium.

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