The first to be discovered member of the angiopoietin family. It may play a role in increasing the sprouting and branching of BLOOD VESSELS. Angiopoietin-1 specifically binds to and stimulates the TIE-2 RECEPTOR. Several isoforms of angiopoietin-1 occur due to ALTERNATIVE SPLICING of its mRNA.
Synonyms: 0, Angiopoietin 1, Angiopoietin-1
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2004; use ANGIOPOIETIN-1 (NM) 1997-2003 ,2004; ANGIOPOIETIN-1 was indexed under MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS 1997-2003 & ANGIOGENESIS FACTOR 2003 ,see SCR for organism-specific terms
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D042683