Midkine (MDK) growth factor: a key player in cancer progression and a promising therapeutic target

PS Filippou, GS Karagiannis, A Constantinidou - Oncogene, 2020 - nature.com
Midkine is a heparin-binding growth factor, originally reported as the product of a retinoic
acid-responsive gene during embryogenesis, but currently viewed as a multifaceted factor …

Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 and cardiovascular disease

GL Semenza - Annual review of physiology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Cardiac function is required for blood circulation and systemic oxygen delivery. However,
the heart has intrinsic oxygen demands that must be met to maintain effective contractility …

Neurovascular mechanisms and blood–brain barrier disorder in Alzheimer's disease

RD Bell, BV Zlokovic - Acta neuropathologica, 2009 - Springer
Vascular dysfunction has a critical role in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recent data from brain
imaging studies in humans and animal models suggest that cerebrovascular dysfunction …

Shedding more light on the role of Midkine in hepatocellular carcinoma: New perspectives on diagnosis and therapy

A Gowhari Shabgah, F Ezzatifar, S Aravindhan… - IUBMB …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
One of the most common malignant tumors is hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Progression
of HCC mainly results from highly complex molecular and pathological pathways. Midkine …

Building and regenerating the lung cell by cell

JA Whitsett, TV Kalin, Y Xu… - Physiological …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
The unique architecture of the mammalian lung is required for adaptation to air breathing at
birth and thereafter. Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms controlling its …

Oxygen homeostasis

GL Semenza - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Metazoan life is dependent upon the utilization of O2 for essential metabolic processes and
oxygen homeostasis is an organizing principle for understanding metazoan evolution …

Oxygen-dependent regulation of mitochondrial respiration by hypoxia-inducible factor 1

GL Semenza - Biochemical Journal, 2007 - portlandpress.com
The survival of metazoan organisms is dependent upon the utilization of O2 as a substrate
for COX (cytochrome c oxidase), which constitutes Complex IV of the mitochondrial …

Neurovascular dysfunction and faulty amyloid β-peptide clearance in Alzheimer disease

AP Sagare, RD Bell… - Cold Spring …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Neurovascular dysfunction is an integral part of Alzheimer disease (AD). Changes in the
brain vascular system may contribute in a significant way to the onset and progression of …

Midkine expression by stem-like tumor cells drives persistence to mTOR inhibition and an immune-suppressive microenvironment

Y Tang, DJ Kwiatkowski, EP Henske - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract mTORC1 is hyperactive in multiple cancer types,. Here, we performed integrative
analysis of single cell transcriptomic profiling, paired T cell receptor (TCR) sequencing, and …

The transcription factor gene Nfib is essential for both lung maturation and brain development

G Steele-Perkins, C Plachez, KG Butz… - … and cellular biology, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
The phylogenetically conserved nuclear factor I (NFI) gene family encodes site-specific
transcription factors essential for the development of a number of organ systems. We …