Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a major growth factor for endothelial cells. This gene encodes one of the two receptors of the VEGF. This receptor, known as kinase insert domain receptor, is a type III receptor tyrosine kinase. It functions as the main mediator of VEGF-induced endothelial proliferation, survival, migration, tubular morphogenesis and sprouting. The signalling and trafficking of this receptor are regulated by multiple factors, including Rab GTPase, P2Y purine nucleotide receptor, integrin alphaVbeta3, T-cell protein tyrosine phosphatase, etc.. Mutations of this gene are implicated in infantile capillary hemangiomas. [provided by RefSeq, May 2009]
Overall distribution
Tissue specific distribution
Overall distribution
Tissue specific distribution
Gscore (Amp):
0.12
Gscore (Del):
0.00
Recurrently amplified in 1 cancer type(s)
Overall distribution
Tissue specific distribution
Mscore:
0.14 (Driver)
Recurrently mutated in 1 cancer type(s)
Overall
Tissue specific
Total fusion occurrence:
NA
Overall
Tissue specific
Functional class:
Kinase (protein kinase)
JensenLab PubMed score:
4544.83 (Percentile rank: 99.18%)
PubTator score:
2715.46 (Percentile rank: 98.83%)
Target development/druggability level:
TclinThese targets have activities in DrugCentral (ie. approved drugs) with known mechanism of action.
Tractability (small molecule):
Clinical PrecedenceTargets with drugs in phase II or above; Pre-clinical targets
Tractability (antibody):
Clinical PrecedenceTargets with drugs in phase II or above; Pre-clinical targets
