Hsp20 Functions as a Novel Cardiokine in Promoting Angiogenesis via Activation of VEGFR2

• Xiaowei Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaowei Zhang, Xiaohong Wang

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

  ⨯
• Xiaohong Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaowei Zhang, Xiaohong Wang

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

  ⨯
• Hongyan Zhu,

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

  ⨯
• Evangelia G. Kranias,

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

  ⨯
• Yaoliang Tang,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

  ⨯
• Tianqing Peng,

  Affiliation Critical Illness Research, Lawson Health Research Institute, Ontario, Canada

  ⨯
• Jiang Chang,

  Affiliation Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

  ⨯
• Guo-Chang Fan

  * E-mail: fangg@ucmail.uc.edu

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

  ⨯