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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2015 Dec 2;22(10):2377–2385. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-15-1811

Figure 2.

Figure 2

KDR Q472H variant is associated with an angiogenic melanoma phenotype. A) Higher microvessel density (MVD) in KDR Q472H melanoma compared with KDR WT melanoma. MVD was measured by IHC analysis of CD34 expression: KDR WT melanoma (left photomicrograph); KDR Q472H melanoma (right photomicrograph); and plot summarizing MVD in KDR WT (N=13) and KDR Q472H (N=13) melanoma lymph node metastases (right). B) Increased VEGF secretion by KDR Q472H melanomas; cell line supernatants (left panel) and patient sera (right panel).