2003
Engraftment of a vascularized human skin equivalent
Schechner JS, Crane SK, Wang F, Szeglin AM, Tellides G, Lorber MI, Bothwell AL, Pober JS. Engraftment of a vascularized human skin equivalent. The FASEB Journal 2003, 17: 2250-2256. PMID: 14656987, DOI: 10.1096/fj.03-0257com.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman umbilical vein endothelial cellsHuman skin equivalentsAcellular dermis graftsSkin equivalentsBcl-2-transduced human umbilical vein endothelial cellsUmbilical vein endothelial cellsEndothelial cell transplantationVein endothelial cellsCultured human keratinocytesCell transplantationSurvival gene bcl-2Orthotopic implantationSuccessful transplantationDermis graftImmunodeficient miceClinical utilityGraft vascularizationImpaired angiogenesisGene Bcl-2Bcl-2-transduced cellsAcellular dermisEndothelial cellsClinical performanceGraftBcl-2
2002
Cutting Edge: Internalization of Transduced E-Selectin by Cultured Human Endothelial Cells: Comparison of Dermal Microvascular and Umbilical Vein Cells and Identification of a Phosphoserine-Type Di-leucine Motif
Kluger MS, Shiao SL, Bothwell AL, Pober JS. Cutting Edge: Internalization of Transduced E-Selectin by Cultured Human Endothelial Cells: Comparison of Dermal Microvascular and Umbilical Vein Cells and Identification of a Phosphoserine-Type Di-leucine Motif. The Journal Of Immunology 2002, 168: 2091-2095. PMID: 11859093, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.5.2091.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman dermal microvascular endothelial cellsRate of internalizationAspartic acid substitutionSurface protein expressionEndothelial cell behaviorLeucine motifProtein internalizationCytoplasmic regionSurface expression levelsType motifSelectin surface expressionEndothelial cellsMutational analysisHuman endothelial cellsUmbilical vein cellsAcid substitutionsDermal microvascular endothelial cellsCell behaviorCultured human endothelial cellsCytokine inductionExpression levelsVein cellsInternalization processProtein expressionMotif