BACKGROUND Prolyl hydroxylase domain (PHD) proteins, including PHD1, PHD2, and PHD3, mediate oxygen-dependent degradation of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-alpha subunits. Although angiogenic roles of hypoxia-inducible factors are well known, the roles of PHDs in the vascular system remain to be established. METHODS AND RESULTS We evaluated angiogenic phenotypes in mice carrying targeted disr...

Neovascularization is a limiting factor in tumor growth and progression. It is well known that changes in the tumor microenvironment, such as hypoxia and glucose deprivation (GD), can induce VEGF production. However, the mechanism linking GD to tumor growth and angiogenesis is unclear. We hypothesize that GD induces the angiogenic switch in tumors through activation of the unfolded protein resp...

Found in inflammatory zone (FIZZ1), also known as hypoxia-induced mitogenic factor (HIMF), is a secreted protein formed by 111 amino acid residues. FIZZ1 is mainly located in alveolar epithelial cells, white adipose tissue and the heart. This study aimed to explore the effects of FIZZ1 on the angiogenic ability of cultured rat aortic endothelial cells (RAECs) and the potential mechanism. The RA...

An association between platelets, angiogenesis, and cancer has long been recognized, but the mechanisms linking them remains unclear. Platelets regulate new blood vessel growth through numerous stimulators and inhibitors of angiogenesis by several pathways, including differential exocytosis of angiogenesis regulators. Herein, we investigated the differential release of angiogenesis stimulators ...

Diabetic foot (DF) occurs as a concomitant illness of diabetes mellitus (DM). DM is one of the main causes of nontraumatic amputation in Germany with severe peripheral arterial disease (PAD) with critical limb ischemia (CLI) being of major concern. Although modern techniques are available surgical vascularisation and percutaneous intervention are limited. This problem leads increasing numbers o...

The cytokine/extracellular matrix protein osteopontin (OPN/Eta-1) is an important component of cellular immunity and inflammation. It also acts as a survival, cell-adhesive, and chemotactic factor for endothelial cells. Here, subtractive suppression hybridization showed that serum-deprived murine aortic endothelial (MAE) cells transfected with the angiogenic fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2) ov...

The angiogenic capacity of fibroblasts is maximized through the deliver plasmids and release proteins. Consequentially, endothelial cells proliferate organize, demonstrating potential system where vascularization required.

BACKGROUND Angiogenesis is not essential for tumours to develop and expand, as cancer can also grow in a non-angiogenic fashion, but why this type of growth occurs is unknown. Surprisingly, our data from mRNA transcription profiling did not show any differences in the classical angiogenic pathways, but differences were observed in mitochondrial metabolic pathways, suggesting a key role for meta...

Glioblastoma (GBM) is a rapidly progressive brain cancer that exploits the neural microenvironment, and particularly blood vessels, for selective growth and survival. Anti-angiogenic agents such as the vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) blocking antibody bevacizumab yield short-term benefits to patients due to blood vessel regression and stabilization of vascular permeability. Howeve...

AIMS Protein kinase C (PKC) plays an important role in the regulation of angiogenesis. However, downstream targets of PKC in endothelial cells are poorly defined. METHODS AND RESULTS mRNA expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) was analysed by quantitative real-time RT-PCR in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and HUVEC-derived EA.hy 926 cells. siRNA was used to kn...