[Both VEGF and VEGFR-2 expression are reduced in emphysematous lungs; however, the mechanism of regulation of VEGF(165) signaling through the VEGFR-2 complex in response to cigarette smoke exposure in vivo, and in smokers with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), is still unknown.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE