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In addition to the well-defined role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) -A and its defect in the pathogenesis of DFD, another VEGF family member, placental growth factor (PlGF), was also recently found to alter expression pattern in the DFD patients with undetermined mechanisms. This question was thus addressed in the current study. We detected attenuated PlGF upregulation in a mouse DFD model. In addition, the major cell types at the wound to express the unique PlGF receptor, VEGF receptor 1 (VEGFR1), were macrophages and endothelial cells. To assess how PlGF regulates DFD-associated angiogenesis, we injected recombinant PlGF and depleted VEGF1R specifically in macrophages by local injection of an adeno-associated virus (AAV) carrying siRNA for VEGFR1 under a macrophage-specific CD68 promoter. We found that the angiogenesis and recovery of the DFD were both improved by PlGF injection. 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