In addition to discovering a potential role for EGF in Bb-induced hyperproliferation of VECs, results of this study also helped to clarify discrepancies regarding the migratory behavior and capillary-like tube formation of HUVECs in response to Bb. In the single previous study examining the migratory behavior of Bb-infected HUVECs, Verma et al. [21] examined cell migration during infection. This evidence concerns the gene EGF and infection.