The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor B across different species:

vascular endothelial growth factor B (VEGFB), vascular endothelial growth factor B (Vegfb)

Other aliases include:

VRF, VEGFL, Vrf, VEGF-B, VEGFB

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor B:

vascular endothelial growth factor B – OTTMUSP00000044142 – VEGF-related factor – VRF – VEGF-B

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor B fulfills a number of functions:

growth factor activity – heparin binding – protein binding – vascular endothelial growth factor receptor binding – protein heterodimerization activity – protein homodimerization activity – chemoattractant activity – molecular_function – vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1 binding

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor B is relevant to the following processes:

positive regulation of cell division – positive regulation of cell proliferation – regulation of cell growth – signal transduction – angiogenesis – cardiac muscle contraction – cell differentiation – coronary vasculature development – heart development – multicellular organismal development – protein amino acid O-linked glycosylation – anti-apoptosis – induction of positive chemotaxis – negative regulation of gene expression – negative regulation of neuron apoptosis – positive regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade – positive regulation of endothelial cell proliferation – positive regulation of mast cell chemotaxis – positive regulation of peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation – positive regulation of protein kinase B signaling cascade – positive regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling pathway – positive regulation of vascular permeability – positive regulation of vascular wound healing – response to drug

Locations for Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor B:

extracellular region – membrane – platelet alpha granule lumen – intracellular – cellular_component – extracellular space

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology