Abstracts tagged "VEGF"

Abstract Number: 2609 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Anti-angiogenic VEGF-A165b Is Associated with Systemic Sclerosis Peripheral Vasculopathy
Victoria Flower¹, Shaney Barratt ², Darren Hart ³, Amanda Mackenzie ⁴, Jacqueline Shipley ³, Stephen Ward ⁴ and John Pauling ¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital of Rheumatic Diseases, Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts, Bath, England, United Kingdom, ²North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, ³Department of Clinical Measurement, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Royal United Hospitals NHS Trust, Bath, England, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Therapeutic Innovation & Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, England, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The anti-angiogenic isoform of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A (VEGF-A165b) has been implicated in Systemic sclerosis (SSc) vasculopathy. High frequency ultrasound (HFUS) is a novel…