Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) prevents retinal cell death via PEDF Receptor (PEDF-R): identification of a functional ligand binding site

P Subramanian, S Locatelli-Hoops, J Kenealey… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
receptor proteins on cell surfaces. We have previously reported that PEDF binds and stimulates
PEDF receptor (PEDF-… However, the PEDF binding site of PEDF-R and its involvement in …

Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) promotes tumor cell death by inducing macrophage membrane tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand …

TC Ho, SL Chen, SC Shih, SJ Chang, SL Yang… - Journal of Biological …, 2011 - ASBMB
PEDF also increases the amount of membrane-bound TRAIL on cultured … PEDF-induced
tumor killing and TRAIL induction are abrogated by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ …

PEDF induces apoptosis in human endothelial cells by activating p38 MAP kinase dependent cleavage of multiple caspases

L Chen, SSM Zhang, CJ Barnstable… - Biochemical and …, 2006 - Elsevier
… that PEDF induces death of endothelial cells through the activation of both receptor-… of
apoptosis in HUVECs involved other cell death molecules that are targeted much earlier in the …

Cancer cell apoptotic pathways mediated by PEDF: prospects for therapy

ML Broadhead, CR Dass, PFM Choong - Trends in molecular medicine, 2009 - cell.com
… in the deregulated apoptotic pathways of malignant cells must first be fully characterized. …
are relevant to PEDF and cancer. Recently, a pathway that includes the PEDF receptor, PPARγ …

PEDF and PEDF-derived peptide 44mer protect cardiomyocytes against hypoxia-induced apoptosis and necroptosis via anti-oxidative effect

X Gao, H Zhang, W Zhuang, G Yuan, T Sun, X Jiang… - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
… hypoxia-induced cell death and the mechanisms are … receptors of PEDF, laminin receptor
(LR) and PEDF receptor (PEDFR) which express in a variety of cells including endothelial cells

The effects of PEDF on cancer biology: mechanisms of action and therapeutic potential

SP Becerra, V Notario - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
… depend on its interactions with cell-surface receptors: PEDF receptor (PEDFR; encoded by
… Similarly, a proportion of cultured glioma cells undergo cell death after exposure to PEDF in …

Pigment epithelium‐derived factor (PEDF) differentially protects immature but not mature cerebellar granule cells against apoptotic cell death

T Araki, T Taniwaki, SP Becerra… - Journal of …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
… derived factor (PEDF) acts as a survival factor for cerebellar granule cell neurons in culture,
… have examined effects of PEDF on apoptotic cell death. We find that the granule cells die of …

Pigment epithelium-derived factor hinders photoreceptor cell death by reducing intracellular calcium in the degenerating retina

A Comitato, P Subramanian, G Turchiano… - Cell death & …, 2018 - nature.com
… effects were mediated by the PEDF receptor (PEDF-R), … domain of PEDF targeted these same
cell death pathways in … of PEDF in photoreceptors, we analyzed cell death pathways in rd1 …

Signaling Mechanisms involved in PEDF-mediated retinoprotection

G Pagan-Mercado, SP Becerra - Retinal Degenerative Diseases …, 2019 - Springer
… -R receptors in plasma membranes. Such interactions trigger changes … PEDF/PEDF-R
interactions attenuate the cell death process in retinal cells and particularly in PRs undergoing cell

PEDF inhibits the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome in hypoxia cardiomyocytes through PEDF receptor/phospholipase A2

Z Zhou, Z Wang, Q Guan, F Qiu, Y Li, Z Liu… - International Journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
… However, Preeti Subramanian and his colleagues reported that pigment PEDF prevents
retinal cell death via PEDF-R and PLA2 enzymatic activity, and it is critical for upregulating Bcl-2 …