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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Matrix Biol. 2015 Feb 7;43:15–26. doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2015.01.023

Table I.

Angiogenic growth factors regulated by decorin.

Molecule Abbreviation Relationship with decorin Reference
Angiopoietin ANG Inhibition by decorin [90]
Connective tissue growth factor CTGF Induces decorin synthesis/decorin regulates CTGF activity in fibrotic conditions [142–144]
Fibroblast growth factor FGF Decorin promotes activity after injury/inhibition by decorin [140/89]
Hepatocyte growth factor HGF Inhibition by decorin [114,145]
Insulin-like growth factor IGF-I In normal cells, DCN activates IGF-I/in transformed cells, decorin inhibits IGF-I activation [116,117,141]
Platelet derived growth factor PDGF Inhibition by decorin [119,138,139]
Transforming growth factor beta TGF-β Inhibition by decorin [131,133,136]
Vascular endothelial growth factor VEGF Inhibition by decorin [86,89,90]