| Literature DB >> 18061540 |
Jennifer L Warner-Schmidt1, Ronald S Duman.
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Antidepressants are among the most widely prescribed drugs, however the mechanism underlying their therapeutic efficacy is not known. Neurotrophic factors represent a promising class of targets for antidepressant treatments. We recently characterized a role for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in cellular and behavioral antidepressant responses. VEGF is a potent mitogen and survival factor for endothelial cells (ECs) and neurons, and modulator of synaptic transmission. Because VEGF has been implicated in a variety of diseases, understanding the molecular and cellular specificity of antidepressant-induced VEGF will be crucial to determine its potential as a therapeutic target in depression.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 18061540 PMCID: PMC2259283 DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2007.10.013
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Opin Pharmacol ISSN: 1471-4892 Impact factor: 5.547