Table I.

Endogenous angiogenic polypeptides

Activator protein 1 (ap-1)

Angiogenin (ag) and angiotropin (at)

Angiopoietin (apn)

Basic fibroblast growth factor (bfgf)

Cyclooxygenase (cox) and lipoxygenase (lox)

Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (g-csf)

Hepatocyte growth factor (hgf)

Insulin-like growth factors 1 and 2 (igf-1 and -2)

Interleukin-8 (IL-8)

Nuclear factor kappa B (nf-κB)

Placental growth factor (pgf)

Platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor (pd-ecgf)

Pleiotrophin (ptn)

Proliferin Thrombospondin-1 (tsp-1)

Transforming growth factor alpha (tgfα)

Transforming growth factor beta (tgfβ)

Tumour necrosis factor alpha (tnfα)

Vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf)

Vascular permeability factor (vpf)