Table 1.

Angiogenic polypeptides (selected examples)

Angiogenic proteins	Endothelial mitogenicity	Endothelial mobility	Reference
Acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF)	+	+	29
Angiogenin (ANG)	+	+	30
Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF)	+	+	31
Epidermal growth factor (EGF)	+	+	32
Follistatin	+	+	33
Leptin	+	+	34
Midkine and pleiotrophin	+	+	35
Platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor (PD-ECGF)	+	-	36
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)	+	+	37
Placental growth factor (PlGF)	+	+	38
Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)	+	+	39
Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)	+	+	40
Platelet activating factor (PAF)	-	+	41
Interleukin-8 (IL8)	+	+	42
Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (GCSF)	+	+	39
Proliferin	-	+	43
Tat protein of HIV-1	+	+	44
Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)	+	-	45
Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)	-	-	46
Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β)	-	-	47