The Rockefeller University Press $30.00 J. Cell Biol. Vol. 208 No. 7 975–986 www.jcb.org/cgi/doi/10.1083/jcb.201408103 JCB 975 Correspondence to Martin A. Schwartz: [email protected] Abbreviations used in this paper: EGCS, endothelial cell growth supplement; HUVEC, human umbilical cord endothelial cell; Ncad, N-cadherin; OSS, oscillatory shear stress; SFK, Src family kinase; TMD, transme...

OBJECTIVE To assess the relevance of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the maintenance of peripheral nerve integrity in diabetic neuropathy we have assessed the expression of VEGF and intra-epidermal nerve fiber density (IENFD) in skin biopsy samples from diabetic patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Fifty-three diabetic patients and 12 nondiabetic control subjects underwent neuro...

Sunitinib is an oral inhibitor of tyrosine kinases, including vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) and platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR), and has been associated with higher response rates and longer progression-free survival in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) as compared with interferon [1]. We describe a long-term remission from recent-onset ty...

Vascular insufficiency and retinal ischemia precede many proliferative retinopathies and stimulate secretion of various vasoactive growth factors, including vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and placenta growth factor (PlGF). It is unclear, however, how PlGF, which is elevated in proliferative diabetic retinopathy and is a VEGF homolog that binds only to VEGF receptor (VEGFR)-1, promote...

BACKGROUND Doxorubicin and docetaxel-based chemotherapy regimens used in breast cancer patients are associated with high risk of febrile neutropenia (FN). Granulocyte colony-stimulating factors (G-CSF) are recommended for both treating and preventing chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. Increased thrombosis incidence in G-CSF treated patients was reported; however, the underlying mechanisms remain...

The vascular system is the first functional organ that starts to develop in the embryo. The extraembryonic mesodermal cells, so-called hemangioblasts, aggregate in the yolk sac to form blood islands, where they differentiate into an external endothelial cell (EC) layer and an inner core of blood cells. The external ECs subsequently constitute the primary capillary plexus. Shortly thereafter, th...

Vascular endothelial cadherin (VE-cadherin) mediates homophylic adhesion between endothelial cells and is an important regulator of angiogenesis, blood vessel permeability and leukocyte trafficking. Rac1, a member of the Rho family of GTPases, controls VE-cadherin adhesion by acting downstream of several growth factors, including angiopoietin-1 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Her...

Degeneration of vessels precedes and precipitates the devastating ischemia of many diseases, including retinopathy of prematurity and diabetic retinopathy. Ischemia then leads to proliferative retinopathy and blindness. Understanding the mechanisms of blood vessel degeneration is critical to prevention of these diseases. Vessel loss is associated with oxygen-induced suppression of vascular endo...

human bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (hbmscs) have the potential to differentiate into cells such as adipocyte, osteocyte, hepatocyte and endothelial cells. in this study, the differentiation of hbmscs into endothelial like-cells was induced in presence of vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) and insulin-like growth factor (igf-1). the differentiated endothelial cells were exam...

Human bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (HBMSCs) have the potential to differentiate into cells such as adipocyte, osteocyte, hepatocyte and endothelial cells. In this study, the differentiation of hBMSCs into endothelial like-cells was induced in presence of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1). The differentiated endothelial cells were exam...