Slow binding kinetics of secreted protein, acidic, rich in cysteine‐VEGF interaction limit VEGF activation of VEGF receptor 2 and attenuate angiogenesis

M Cydzik, A Abdul‐Wahid, S Park… - The FASEB …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
VEGF‐A (VEGF) drives angiogenesis through activation of downstream effectors to promote
endothelial cell proliferation and migration. Although VEGF binds both VEGF receptor 1 (R1) …

Interactions of VEGF isoforms with VEGFR-1, VEGFR-2, and neuropilin in vivo: a computational model of human skeletal muscle

FM Gabhann, AS Popel - American Journal of Physiology …, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family of cytokines is involved in the
maintenance of existing adult blood vessels as well as in angiogenesis, the sprouting of new …

Biomimetic model to reconstitute angiogenic sprouting morphogenesis in vitro

DHT Nguyen, SC Stapleton, MT Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Angiogenesis is a complex morphogenetic process whereby endothelial cells from existing
vessels invade as multicellular sprouts to form new vessels. Here, we have engineered a …

VEGF and soluble VEGF receptor-1 (sFlt-1) distributions in peripheral arterial disease: an in silico model

FTH Wu, MO Stefanini, FM Gabhann… - American Journal …, 2010 - journals.physiology.org
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a key regulator of angiogenesis, the growth of
new capillaries from existing microvasculature. In peripheral arterial disease (PAD), lower …

Systems pharmacology of VEGF165b in peripheral artery disease

LE Clegg, VC Ganta, BH Annex… - CPT: Pharmacometrics …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We built a whole‐body computational model to study the role of the poorly understood
vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) 165b splice isoform in peripheral artery disease …

Quantification of VEGFRs, NRP1, and PDGFRs on endothelial cells and fibroblasts reveals serum, intra-family ligand, and cross-family ligand regulation

S Chen, X Guo, O Imarenezor… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2015 - Springer
Computational modeling of angiogenesis is limited by a lack of experimental data on
angiogenic receptor levels. Recent receptor profiling quantified vascular endothelial growth …

VEGF receptor signal transduction

X Li, L Claesson‐Welsh, M Shibuya - Methods in enzymology, 2008 - Elsevier
Signal transduction by vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) through their cognate
VEGF receptor tyrosine kinases follows the consensus scheme for receptor tyrosine kinases …

Glycolytic regulation of cell rearrangement in angiogenesis

B Cruys, BW Wong, A Kuchnio, D Verdegem… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
During vessel sprouting, endothelial cells (ECs) dynamically rearrange positions in the
sprout to compete for the tip position. We recently identified a key role for the glycolytic …

Plasmin modulates vascular endothelial growth factor-A-mediated angiogenesis during wound repair

D Roth, M Piekarek, M Paulsson, H Christ… - The American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Plasmin-catalyzed cleavage of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A isoform
VEGF165 results in loss of its carboxyl-terminal heparin-binding domain and significant loss …

The cellular response to vascular endothelial growth factors requires co-ordinated signal transduction, trafficking and proteolysis

GA Smith, GW Fearnley, DC Tomlinson… - Bioscience …, 2015 - portlandpress.com
VEGFs (vascular endothelial growth factors) are a family of conserved disulfide-linked
soluble secretory glycoproteins found in higher eukaryotes. VEGFs mediate a wide range of …