Use of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) as a model to study cardiovascular disease: A review

DJ Medina-Leyte, M Domínguez-Pérez, I Mercado… - Applied Sciences, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide, and extensive
research has been performed to understand this disease better, using various experimental …

Fibroblast growth factor/fibroblast growth factor receptor system in angiogenesis

M Presta, P Dell'Era, S Mitola, E Moroni… - Cytokine & growth factor …, 2005‏ - Elsevier
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are a family of heparin-binding growth factors. FGFs exert
their pro-angiogenic activity by interacting with various endothelial cell surface receptors …

Single-cell RNA-seq highlights intratumoral heterogeneity in primary glioblastoma

AP Patel, I Tirosh, JJ Trombetta, AK Shalek… - Science, 2014‏ - science.org
Human cancers are complex ecosystems composed of cells with distinct phenotypes,
genotypes, and epigenetic states, but current models do not adequately reflect tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Distinct sources of hematopoietic progenitors emerge before HSCs and provide functional blood cells in the mammalian embryo

KE McGrath, JM Frame, KH Fegan, JR Bowen… - Cell reports, 2015‏ - cell.com
Hematopoietic potential arises in mammalian embryos before adult-repopulating
hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). At embryonic day 9.5 (E9. 5), we show the first murine …

Tumour vascular targeting

D Neri, R Bicknell - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2005‏ - nature.com
It is now accepted that the growth of solid tumours is dependent on their capacity to acquire
a blood supply, and much effort has been directed towards the development of agents …

[HTML][HTML] Endothelial gene expression in kidney transplants with alloantibody indicates antibody-mediated damage despite lack of C4d staining

B Sis, GS Jhangri, S Bunnag, K Allanach… - American Journal of …, 2009‏ - Elsevier
Anti-HLA alloantibody is a risk factor for graft loss, but does not indicate which kidneys are
experiencing antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR). C4d staining in biopsies is specific for …

Tumor necrosis is an important hallmark of aggressive endometrial cancer and associates with hypoxia, angiogenesis and inflammation responses

G Bredholt, M Mannelqvist, IM Stefansson… - …, 2015‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aims Tumor necrosis is associated with aggressive features of endometrial cancer and poor
prognosis. Here, we investigated gene expression patterns and potential treatment targets …

Novel role for the potent endogenous inotrope apelin in human cardiac dysfunction

MM Chen, EA Ashley, DXF Deng, A Tsalenko, A Deng… - Circulation, 2003‏ - ahajournals.org
Background—Apelin is among the most potent stimulators of cardiac contractility known.
However, no physiological or pathological role for apelin–angiotensin receptor-like 1 (APJ) …

The influence of biomaterials on endothelial cell thrombogenicity

AP McGuigan, MV Sefton - Biomaterials, 2007‏ - Elsevier
Driven by tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, endothelial cells are being used in
combination with biomaterials in a number of applications for the purpose of improving …

Endocan expression and relationship with survival in human non–small cell lung cancer

BD Grigoriu, F Depontieu, A Scherpereel… - Clinical cancer …, 2006‏ - aacrjournals.org
Purpose: We evaluated the expression of endocan, a soluble lung-and kidney-selective
endothelial cell-specific dermatan sulfate proteoglycan, in non–small cell lung tumors …