Vascular endothelial cells respond to alarm signals of the body by angiogenesis or inflammation. The balance between these two responses is now pinned to two regulators of angiogenesis. Angiopoietin-1 dampens the inflammatory response, and angiopoietin-2 boosts it (pages 235–239).
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Imhof, B., Aurrand-Lions, M. Angiogenesis and inflammation face off. Nat Med 12, 171–172 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0206-171
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