Interactions among marker molecules that influence angiogenesis. The leptin receptor influences vascular epithelial growth factor (VEGF) and vascular epithelial growth factor receptor-1 (VEGF-R1)
36
,
37
,
38
,
39
,
40
; β
3
integrin
41
; and leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF)
42
. LIF influences VEGF
13
,
43
and integrin
17
,
44
,
45
. VEGF influences integrin
46
,
48
. Integrin influences VEGF-R2
47
.