The neuromuscular junction (NMJ) plays a critical role in muscle contraction, and its dysfunction can result various disorders. In vitro models for studying NMJ are essential understanding their functions pathology. However, the engineering of tissue presents challenges organization myofiber-like oriented bundles as well induction vessel formation innervation. To address these challenges, we fa...

Primary and metastatic RCCs are consistently resistant to radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or immunotherapy. As recurrent or metastatic RCC after surgery is related with poor prognosis and cancer-related death, development of therapeutic modalities that can control RCC and improve patient survival is urgently needed. We determined whether blockade of the vascular endothelial growth factor-receptor 2...

Kaposi sarcoma is characterized by increased proliferation of vascular and lymphatic endothelial cells. The roles circle RNAs playing not clear. Here, we explored the competing endogenous (ceRNA) mechanism from tissues cell in (KS). These (tumors compared to adjacent non-tumor tissue) were analyzed SBC Human ceRNA microarray. results are validated independent experiments quantitative PCR. And h...

A vast amount of work has been dedicated to the effects of shear flow and cytokines on leukocyte transmigration. However, no studies have explored the effects of substrate stiffness on transmigration. Here, we investigated important aspects of endothelial cell contraction-mediated neutrophil transmigration using an in vitro model of the vascular endothelium. We modeled blood vessels of varying ...

Background: The combination therapy of interferon (IFN)-alpha and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) improved the prognosis of the patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). To determine the molecular mechanisms of the anti-tumor and anti-angiogenic effects, 25 we examined the direct anti-proliferative effects on human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and indirect effects by regulating secretion ...

The vascular endothelial cell cadherin complex (VE-cadherin, alpha-, beta-, and gamma-catenin, and p120/p100) localizes to adherens junctions surrounding vascular endothelial cells and may play a critical role in the transendothelial migration of circulating blood leukocytes. Previously, we have reported that neutrophil adhesion to human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) monolayers, under...

The objective of this research was to test the in vitro anti-angiogenic activity of auraptene, a coumarin from citrus peel oil. We tested the ability of auraptene to inhibit in vitro angiogenesis using vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-induced human umbilical endothelial cells (HUVEC) growth stimulation. Auraptene was applied at concentrations between 0 μM and 1μM to HUVEC in the presen...

Disorders of angiogenesis are related to microangiopathies during the development of diabetic vascular complications, but the effect of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) on angiogenesis and the mechanism has not been completely unveiled. We previous demonstrated that moesin belonging to the ezrin-radixin-moesin (ERM) protein family protein played a critical role in AGE-induced hyper-permea...

The mechanisms by which tumor cells extravasate to form metastasis remain controversial. Previous studies performed in vivo and in vitro demonstrate that the contact between tumor cells and the vascular wall impairs endothelium integrity. Here, we investigated the effect of breast adenocarcinoma MCF-7 cells on the apoptosis of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). TUNEL labeling, nucl...

The functionality of large-vessel endothelial cells, such as human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC), may differ significantly from that in the microvasculature. We established a method for the isolation of human colonic microvascular endothelial cells (HCMEC). Since colonic diseases are often accompanied by hypoxia we examined its effects on HCMEC of five individuals in comparison with ...