2001
Fibrocytes induce an angiogenic phenotype in cultured endothelial cells and promote angiogenesis in vivo
Hartlapp I, Abe R, Saeed R, Peng T, Voelter W, Bucala R, Metz C. Fibrocytes induce an angiogenic phenotype in cultured endothelial cells and promote angiogenesis in vivo. The FASEB Journal 2001, 15: 2215-2224. PMID: 11641248, DOI: 10.1096/fj.01-0049com.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood vessel formationAngiogenic phenotypeVessel formationMesenchymal cell typesEndothelial cell invasionEndothelial cellsExtracellular matrix-degrading enzymesEndothelial cell migrationGrowth factorCellular microenvironmentMatrix-degrading enzymesCell invasionCell migrationCell typesCultured endothelial cellsTube formationHematopoietic growth factorsPromotion of angiogenesisPhenotypeAngiogenesis modelMicrovascular endothelial cellsCultured fibrocytesEnzymeAngiogenesisVivo
1999
Sustained Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) and Cytoplasmic Phospholipase A2 Activation by Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) REGULATORY ROLE IN CELL PROLIFERATION AND GLUCOCORTICOID ACTION*
Mitchell R, Metz C, Peng T, Bucala R. Sustained Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) and Cytoplasmic Phospholipase A2 Activation by Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) REGULATORY ROLE IN CELL PROLIFERATION AND GLUCOCORTICOID ACTION*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1999, 274: 18100-18106. PMID: 10364264, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.25.18100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacrophage migration inhibitory factorPhospholipase A2 activityGlucocorticoid actionRole of MIFRecombinant macrophage migration inhibitory factorMitogen-activated protein kinaseImportant pro-inflammatory mediatorsA2 activityCytosolic phospholipase A2 activityPro-inflammatory mediatorsMigration inhibitory factorPro-inflammatory stimuliImmune cell activationCytoplasmic phospholipase A2Phospholipase A2 activationArachidonic acid releaseGlucocorticoid suppressionERK-dependent pathwayMIF actionInflammatory propertiesInflammatory responseExtracellular signal-regulated mitogen-activated protein kinaseCell activationInhibitory factorA2 activation