Molecular pharmacology of VEGF-A isoforms: binding and signalling at VEGFR2

CJ Peach, VW Mignone, MA Arruda… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) is a key mediator of angiogenesis, signalling
via the class IV tyrosine kinase receptor family of VEGF Receptors (VEGFRs). Although …

Design principles for therapeutic angiogenic materials

PS Briquez, LE Clegg, MM Martino… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Despite extensive research, pro-angiogenic drugs have failed to translate clinically, and
therapeutic angiogenesis, which has potential in the treatment of various cardiovascular …

VEGF regulates local inhibitory complement proteins in the eye and kidney

LS Keir, R Firth, L Aponik, D Feitelberg… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Outer retinal and renal glomerular functions rely on specialized vasculature maintained by
VEGF that is produced by neighboring epithelial cells, the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) …

VEGFR-2 conformational switch in response to ligand binding

S Sarabipour, K Ballmer-Hofer, K Hristova - Elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
VEGFR-2 is the primary regulator of angiogenesis, the development of new blood vessels
from pre-existing ones. VEGFR-2 has been hypothesized to be monomeric in the absence of …

TKI-resistant renal cancer secretes low-level exosomal miR-549a to induce vascular permeability and angiogenesis to promote tumor metastasis

Z Xuan, C Chen, W Tang, S Ye, J Zheng… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI)-resistant renal cancer is highly susceptible to metastasis,
and enhanced vascular permeability promotes the process of metastasis. To evaluate the …

The EphA2 receptor is activated through induction of distinct, ligand-dependent oligomeric structures

DR Singh, P Kanvinde, C King, EB Pasquale… - Communications …, 2018 - nature.com
The EphA2 receptor tyrosine kinase is capable of activating multiple diverse signaling
pathways with roles in processes such as tissue homeostasis and cancer. EphA2 is known …

RNF213 loss-of-function promotes angiogenesis of cerebral microvascular endothelial cells in a cellular state dependent manner

V Roy, A Brodeur, L Touzel Deschênes, N Dupré… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Enhanced and aberrant angiogenesis is one of the main features of Moyamoya disease
(MMD) pathogenesis. The ring finger protein 213 (RNF213) and the variant p. R4810K have …

ADAMTS-1 and syndecan-4 intersect in the regulation of cell migration and angiogenesis

J Lambert, K Makin, S Akbareian… - Journal of cell …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT ADAMTS-1 is an extracellular protease with critical roles in organogenesis and
angiogenesis. Here we demonstrate a functional convergence of ADAMTS-1 and the …

Multi-scale modeling in clinical oncology: opportunities and barriers to success

TE Yankeelov, G An, O Saut, EG Luebeck… - Annals of biomedical …, 2016 - Springer
Hierarchical processes spanning several orders of magnitude of both space and time
underlie nearly all cancers. Multi-scale statistical, mathematical, and computational …

VEGFR1 promotes cell migration and proliferation through PLCγ and PI3K pathways

JC Weddell, S Chen, PI Imoukhuede - NPJ systems biology and …, 2017 - nature.com
The ability to control vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling offers promising
therapeutic potential for vascular diseases and cancer. Despite this promise, VEGF-targeted …