VEGFA and glomerulonephritis: In another experimental model of mesPGN, Abe-Yoshio et al. injected habu snake venom (HSV) or saline intravenously after endothelial progenitor cells transplantation on mice and found that labeled EPCs were increased in damaged glomeruli and vascular endothelial cell growth factor; vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) overexpression was detected in glomerular epithelial and endothelial cells, mesangial cells, and EPCs, suggesting EPCs participation in glomerular capillary repair of damaged glomeruli in HSV-induced glomerulonephritis [23].