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Gene Information

Gene symbol: COL18A1

Gene name: collagen, type XVIII, alpha 1

HGNC ID: 2195

Synonyms: KS, KNO1

Related Genes

# Gene Symbol Number of hits
1 ANGPT2 1 hits
2 COL1A1 1 hits
3 HBB 1 hits
4 IL6 1 hits
5 INS 1 hits
6 KDR 1 hits
7 PLG 1 hits
8 VEGFA 1 hits

Related Sentences

# PMID Sentence
1 16186390 Here, we examine the effect of endostatin peptide, a potent inhibitor of angiogenesis derived from type XVIII collagen, in preventing progression in the type 1 diabetic nephropathy mouse model.
2 16186390 Glomerular mesangial matrix expansion, the increase of glomerular type IV collagen, endothelial area (CD31(+)), and F4/80(+) monocyte/macrophage accumulation were significantly inhibited by endostatin peptide.
3 16186390 Increase in the renal expression of VEGF-A, flk-1, Ang-2, an antagonist of angiopoietin-1, transforming growth factor-beta1, interleukin-6, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 was inhibited by endostatin peptide in diabetic mice.
4 16186390 Endogenous renal levels of endostatin were decreased in endostatin peptide-treated groups in parallel with VEGF-A.
5 18056916 Arterial hypertension (HT) has been reported in all studies involving bevacizumab, an antiangiogenic agent designed to target vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).
6 18490555 Skeletal muscle expression of plasminogen and collagen XVIII (precursors of angiostatin and endostatin, respectively) remained similar between nondiabetic and diabetic swine and patients.
7 18023664 Myocardial expression of anti-angiogenic proteins, angiostatin and endostatin, showing a 4.3- and 3.6-fold increase in diabetic animals respectively (both P < .01 vs ND), was markedly reduced in insulin-treated animals (2.3- and 1.8-fold vs ND; both P < .01).
8 19074676 Myocardial endostatin expression correlated strongly with the percentage of hemoglobin A(1c) (r = 0.742, P = 0.0001).