Angiogenin was discovered as an inducer of blood vessel formation. However, a new study implicates it in antimicrobial host defense.
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Ganz, T. Angiogenin: an antimicrobial ribonuclease. Nat Immunol 4, 213–214 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0303-213
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