[A retroviral vector was constructed for gene therapy with VEGF positioned downstream of its 27-amino acid leader sequence, which promoted secretion of a catalytic immunotoxin containing either truncated diphtheria toxin or Pseudomonas exotoxin A. VEGF was chosen on the basis of the expression of VEGF receptor on endothelial cells in the tumor neovasculature.]. 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