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Table 1 List of studied angiogenic and angiostatic mediators in ILDs

From: Angiogenesis in Interstitial Lung Diseases: a pathogenetic hallmark or a bystander?

Angiogenic mediators

CXC chemokines containing the ELR motif

   • GRO-a/CXCL1

   • GRO-b/CXCL2

   • GRO-γ/CXCL3

   • ENA-78/CXCL5

   • GCP-2/CXCL6

   • NAP-2/CXCL7

   • IL-8/CXCL8

Growth Factors

   • VEGF

   • bFGF

Angiostatic mediators

CXC chemokines that lack the ELR motif

   • PF-4/CXCL4

   • MIG/CXCL9

   • IP-10/CXCL10

   • ITAC/CXCL11

   • CXCL14

Growth Factors

   • PEDF

Abbreviations: bFGF: basic fibroblast growth factor, GCP: Granulocyte chemotactic protein, GRO: Growth related genes, IP-10:IFN-γ-inducible -protein 10, ITAC: IFN-γ-inducible T-cell a chemoattractant, MIG: Monocyte Induced by interferon gamma-protein, NAP: Neutrophil activating protein, PEDF: Pigment epithelium growth factor, PF: Platelet factor,, VEGF: Vascular growth factor