Growth factor delivery from self-assembling nanofibers to facilitate islet transplantation

JC Stendahl, LJ Wang, LW Chow, DB Kaufman… - …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
… , we demonstrate that delivery of vascular endothelial growth … and permeability effects that
are essential to angiogenesis ( 19 … developing and mature islets ( 12–14, 20, 21 ), even though

Vascular development in the mouse embryonic pancreas and lung

KL Colen, CA Crisera, MI Rose, PR Connelly… - Journal of pediatric …, 1999 - Elsevier
… by PCR before vascular endothelial cells are identifiable by … the developing lung and pancreas
at a time when vascular … the belief that they are important regulators of angiogenesis and …

Maternal vitamin A deficiency during pregnancy affects vascularized islet development

CY Chien, HS Lee, CHH Cho, KI Lin, D Tosh… - The Journal of nutritional …, 2016 - Elsevier
… via upregulating vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A… affects fetal islet development
and support an essential role of … Indeed, pancreatic islets are highly vascularized and VEGF-…

Targeting pancreatic islet PTP1B improves islet graft revascularization and transplant outcomes

H Figueiredo, ALC Figueroa, A Garcia… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
… PTP1B increased vascular endothelial growth factor A secretion … We demonstrate that grafts
of pancreatic islets lacking … in improved vascularization of PTP1B −/− tx balb-stz islet grafts. …

Angiopoietin 2 alters pancreatic vascularization in diabetic conditions

S Calderari, C Chougnet, M Clemessy, H Kempf… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
… beta-cells and endothelial cells in the pancreatic islets of … During early pancreatic development,
vascular endothelial … Therefore, islet vascularization appears to be a key element in the …

Improved vascular engraftment and graft function after inhibition of the angiostatic factor thrombospondin-1 in mouse pancreatic islets

J Olerud, M Johansson, J Lawler, N Welsh… - Diabetes, 2008 - Am Diabetes Assoc
… are still needed to reverse type 1 diabetes in clinical islet … It also inhibits angiogenesis by
blocking the mobilization of pro-… -9 and mobilization of vascular endothelial growth factor. …

Effects of islet neogenesis associated protein depend on vascular endothelial growth factor gene expression modulated by hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha

CL Román, B Maiztegui, MV Mencucci, L Ahrtz… - Peptides, 2019 - Elsevier
Pancreatic islets were isolated to measure glucose-… In this context, vascular endothelial
growth factor-A (VEGF-A) … are significantly associated with islet angiogenesis and VEGF-A …

Crosstalk between the developing pancreas and its blood vessels: an evolving dialog

A Villasenor, O Cleaver - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2012 - Elsevier
… were shown to be required for pancreas development and for … in islet and proximity of islets
with large pancreatic vessels. *… -expression of vascular endothelial growth factor A, or VEGF-A…

Changes in islet microvasculature following streptozotocin-induced β-cell loss and subsequent replacement in the neonatal rat

JM Nicholson, EJ Arany, DJ Hill - Experimental Biology and …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
… The extensive vascular architecture of the islet is important for … through the secretion of
vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) … This might indicate that islet angiogenesis was blunted …

Human BM stem cells initiate angiogenesis in human islets in vitro

JZQ Luo, F Xiong, AS Al-Homsi, T Roy… - Bone marrow …, 2011 - nature.com
… Human pancreatic isletsPancreatic islet production of vascular endothelial growth factora
is essential for islet vascularization, revascularization, and function. Diabetes 2006; 55: 2974…