Overexpression (local plasmid injection) of Vegfa in Rattus norvegicus


Gene symbol Vegfa
Gene name Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
Gene entrez ID 83785
Gene aliases VEGF-A, VPF
Organism Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus (@AnAge)
Interactions Protein-protein interaction partners (@BioGRID)


Gene symbol VEGFA
HUGO gene ID 12680
Gene entrez ID 7422
Genecards VEGFA


Intervention Overexpression (local plasmid injection)
Genetic background Sprague-Dawley
Wound model Flap
Wound Dimensions 3 x 8 cm
Wound Location Dorsum
Effect on skin wound healing Increased skin flap perfusion; increase in skin flap healing and survival
References Ferraro et al. 2009

Contact: Vadim E. Fraifeld, MD, PhD
Head: Lab for the Biology of Aging, The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
P.O. Box 653, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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Yanai H, Budovsky A, Tacutu R, Barzilay T, Abramovich A, Ziesche R, Fraifeld VE. Tissue repair genes: the TiRe database and its implication for skin wound healing. Oncotarget. 2016; 7:21145-55.