VEGFA and lung disorder: Nintedanib, one of the two drugs specifically approved for IPF, is an intracellular inhibitor of tyrosine kinase receptors, targeting platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor and other non-receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) of the SRC family that elicits antifibrotic responses on cardiac muscle in animal model of pulmonary disease (Rol et al., 2019).