Vascular endothelial growth factor-A is a survival factor for retinal neurons and a critical neuroprotectant during the adaptive response to ischemic injury.

By K. Nishijima, Y. Ng, L. Zhong, John S. Bradley, W. Schubert, N. Jo, Jo Akita, S. Samuelsson, G. Robinson, A. Adamis and 1 more. American Journal of Pathology, 2007

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Subfields: Molecular Biology, Neurology, Ophthalmology

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In Molecular Biology

1. A. Adamis
2. N. Ferrara
3. Rakesh K. Jain
4. Peter Carmeliet
5. R. Apte
6. Daniel Chen
7. H. Gerber

In Neurology

1. N. Ferrara

In Ophthalmology

1. N. Ferrara
2. A. Adamis

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• Ten years of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy (2016, background): “Moreover, in some animal models, VEGFA acts as a retinal neuroprotectant and its blockade under conditions of retinal stress accelerates retinal cell death 239 .”