Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is the major angiogenic factor in PDR that promotes neovascularization and vascular leakage [2]
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is the major angiogenic factor in PDR that promotes neovascularization and vascular leakage [2]. The angiogenic switch involves in part the proteolytic degradation of basement membranes and ECM components by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). (r=0.845; P
