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. 2018 Dec 29;18:197. doi: 10.1186/s12890-018-0769-3

Fig. 8.

Fig. 8

The hypothesized etiology of insufficient angiogenesis in pulmonary endarterectomy specimens. Insufficient angiogenesis in the organized thrombi might consist of complex conflicts between anti-angiogenic factors (decreased mRNA expression of angiogenetic factor like KDR, loscal anti-angiogenic cytokines) and pro-angiogenic factors (plasma microparticles). The finding of pro-angiogenic factors in the thrombus vessels in the present study (endothelial cells with high angiogenic potential) may represent the latter