Neovascularization provides the route for nutrient supply to the tumor and the conduit for tumor cells to be shed into the circulation. CD31 is a pan-endothelial cell marker and CD105 is an active endothelial cell marker, but whether there is a link between CD105 expression and metastasis in Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) still remains unclear. A tissue microarray containing 38 HCCs and adjacen...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to evaluate whether replacing CD31 (PECAM-1) signaling can restore the regulation of lymphocyte activation and improve experimental atherosclerosis. BACKGROUND Atherosclerosis, the principal cause of myocardial infarction and stroke, is due to the development of a pathogenic immune response within the vascular wall and is aggravated by the reduction of regul...

Endothelial cells of blood vessels in tumors may be thin, fragile, and defective in barrier function. We found previously that the endothelium of vessels in human colon carcinoma xenografts in mice is a mosaic structure. Approximately 85% of tumor vessels have uniform CD31 and/or CD105 immunoreactivity, but the remainder have focal regions that lack these common endothelial markers. The present...

Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) are two potent cell survival and regenerative factors in response to myocardial injury (MI). We hypothesized that simultaneous delivery of IGF+HGF combined with Sca-1+/CD31- cells would improve the outcome of transplantation therapy in response to the altered hostile microenvironment post MI. One million adenovirus nuclear ...

HIV-1-infected adults over the age of 50 years progress to AIDS more rapidly than adults in their twenties or thirties. In addition, HIV-1-infected individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) present with clinical diseases, such as various cancers and liver disease, more commonly seen in older uninfected adults. These observations suggest that HIV-1 infection in older persons can have de...

TOPIC: Cardiovascular Disease TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Intimial sarcoma (IS) of the large systemic arteries are an extremely rare class tumors with only 81 reported cases in literature, most commonly arising abdominal aorta (1). Due to its nonspecific clinical presentation, IS is frequently diagnosed late disease process when metastasis has already developed, sp...

لایه اندومتریال رحم شامل جمعیتی از سلول ها است که خاصیت خود نوزایی داشته و ویژگی هایی شبیه سلول های بنیادی مزانشیمی را نشان می دهند. در این مطالعه هدف بررسی توان تمایزی سلول های بنیادی اندومتریال به رده های مختلف سلولی می باشد. سلول های اندومتریال از نمونه های بافتی بدست آمده از رحم انسان به صورت آنزیمی جداسازی شده و در محیط کشت dmem/f12 حاوی 10% سرم کشت داده شدند. بعد از پاساژ سوم سلول ها برای...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Angiogenesis is essential for growth and metastasis of solid malignancies. Tumor vessel count and expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a potent angiogenic factor, have been associated with prognosis. This study was designed to assess vessels density by using CD31 and CD105 (Endoglin) and their correlation with expression of VEGF and proliferative in...

BACKGROUND COPD is a leading cause of mortality worldwide, and cigarette smoke is a pivotal risk factor. Adenovirus is a common cause of acute exacerbations of COPD and expedites COPD progression. Lung stem/progenitor cells play an important role in the development of COPD, while the relevant mechanism remains elusive. Here, we investigated the number of lung CD31-CD45-Sca-1+ cells and sonic he...