Angiopoietins

Angiopoietin 1 (Angpt1) and Angiopoietin 2 (Angpt2) are vascular growth factors that play important roles in vascular angiogenesis and adult vasculature maintenance. Previous studies reported that Angpt1 reduced the size of myocardial infarction in in vivo myocardial infarction experiment in rats, while Angpt2  protein levels increased in myocardial infarction areas. ...