PECAM-1 isoform-specific functions in PECAM-1-deficient brain microvascular endothelial cells

Genetic evidence for functional redundancy of Platelet/Endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1): CD31-deficient mice reveal PECAM-1-dependent and PECAM-1-independent functions.

Platelet/endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1; CD31), a member of the Ig superfamily, is expressed strongly at endothelial cell-cell junctions, on platelets, and on most leukocytes. CD31 has been postulated to play a role in vasculogenesis and angiogenesis, and has been implicated as a key mediator of the transendothelial migration of leukocytes. To further define the physiologic role ...

Platelet-endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1)-deficient mice demonstrate a transient and cytokine-specific role for PECAM-1 in leukocyte migration through the perivascular basement membrane.

Studies with neutralizing antibodies have indicated roles for platelet-endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1) in leukocyte migration through the endothelium and the perivascular basement membrane. Because some of these findings have been contentious, this study aimed to explore the role of PECAM-1 in leukocyte migration by analyzing leukocyte responses in interleukin 1beta (IL-1beta)- a...

Foxc1 regulates Pecam-1 Expression in embryonic Endothelial Progenitor Cells

PECAM-1 isoform-specific regulation of kidney endothelial cell migration and capillary morphogenesis.

Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1) has been implicated in angiogenesis through its involvement in endothelial cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions and signal transduction. Recent studies indicate that the cytoplasmic domain of PECAM-1 plays an important role in its cell adhesive and signaling properties. However, the role PECAM-1 isoforms play during angiogenic events suc...

PECAM-1 (CD31) function

Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from preexisting ones, is a complex process consisting of interrelationships of angiogenic, survival and differentiation factors and their receptors with cell adhesion and cell-matrix adhesion molecules (Beck and D’Amore, 1997; Folkman and D’Amore, 1996; Hanahan, 1997; Hanahan and Folkman, 1996; Risau, 1997; Sage, 1997; Stromblad and Cheresh, 199...