VEGFA and neoplasm: Primary tumor cells promote the formation of supportive metastatic microenvironment via secretion of various cytokines and growth factors, such as VEGF, placental growth factor (PlGF), TGF-β and TNF-α, granulocyte-colony forming factor (G-CSF), versican and lysyl oxidase (LOX) into the circulation to mobilize and recruit other supporting cells that interact with stromal cells and ECM of the secondary site, thus establishing the microenvironment suitable for the formation of metastases [324].