VEGFA and myocardial infarction: Irradiation with NIR after myocardial infarction in rats resulted in a significant improved mitochondrial bioenergetics, and an increase in an inducible heat shock protein (HSP70), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression (Yaakobi et al., 2001).