2003
PECAM-1 promotes β-catenin accumulation and stimulates endothelial cell proliferation
Biswas P, Canosa S, Schoenfeld J, Schoenfeld D, Tucker A, Madri JA. PECAM-1 promotes β-catenin accumulation and stimulates endothelial cell proliferation. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications 2003, 303: 212-218. PMID: 12646189, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)00313-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActinsAnimalsBeta CateninBlotting, WesternCell AdhesionCell DivisionCytoplasmCytoskeletal ProteinsEndotheliumFlow CytometryHumansLungMiceMice, KnockoutMicroscopy, FluorescencePlatelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1Precipitin TestsSignal TransductionTrans-ActivatorsTranscription, GeneticTransfectionConceptsPECAM-1-positive endothelial cellsBeta-catenin proteinCell proliferationEndothelial cellsPECAM-1Beta-catenin localizationCytoplasmic domainΒ-catenin accumulationFull-length PECAM-1Functional consequencesEndothelial cell proliferationCell membraneKnockout animalsAdhesion moleculesLess accumulationCellsAccumulationProliferative rateProliferationMembraneProteinBinds
2000
Matrix metalloproteinase activity is required for activity-induced angiogenesis in rat skeletal muscle
Haas T, Milkiewicz M, Davis S, Zhou A, Egginton S, Brown M, Madri J, Hudlicka O. Matrix metalloproteinase activity is required for activity-induced angiogenesis in rat skeletal muscle. AJP Heart And Circulatory Physiology 2000, 279: h1540-h1547. PMID: 11009439, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.279.4.h1540.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCapillariesCell DivisionDipeptidesElectric StimulationImmunohistochemistryMatrix Metalloproteinase 2Matrix Metalloproteinase InhibitorsMatrix Metalloproteinases, Membrane-AssociatedMetalloendopeptidasesMicroscopy, ElectronMotor ActivityMuscle, SkeletalNeovascularization, PhysiologicProtease InhibitorsRatsRNA, MessengerConceptsMembrane proteinsBasement membrane proteinsEndothelial cell sprout formationRat skeletal muscleSkeletal muscleMatrix metalloproteinasesMembrane type 1Inflammation-mediated angiogenesisPhysiological angiogenesisBasement membraneCell proliferationMMP proteolysisProtein levelsProteolysisSprout formationMajor classesCritical roleProteinMatrix metalloproteinase activityMetalloproteinase activityProliferationAngiogenesisNew capillariesMembraneMMP inhibition