KDR and cancer: Major findings from the present study demonstrate that, in cancer patients treated with VEGFi, (i) circulating levels of endothelial microparticles, but not PMP, are increased, (ii) microparticles express VEGFR2 and carry ET-1, (iii) microparticles undergo a functional change to a pro-inflammatory phenotype, and (iv) microparticles stimulate endothelial cell signalling and ET-1 production through ET-1-dependent processes.