The secretory proprotein convertases furin, PC5, and PC7 activate VEGF-C to induce tumorigenesis
J. Clin. Invest. 111:11 doi:10.1172/JCI17220
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Immunohistochemical analyses. Tumors that developed 20 days after subcutaneous injection into nude mice of CHO cells stably transfected with empty vector (Ctl), vector containing wild-type or mutant proVEGF-C cDNA were analyzed for angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis using an anti-mouse CD-31 monoclonal antibody and an anti–VEG-FR-C polyclonal antibody, respectively. The sections were observed at a magnification of ×200. Arrows indicate vessels. The number of intratumoral vascular and lymphatic vessels was counted in ten different fields for each tumor. Data are presented as mean ± SD.