Autocrine VEGF-A system in podocytes regulates podocin and its interaction with CD2AP

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Guan, Fangxia ^a   Villegas, Guillermo ^a   Teichman, Jason ^a   Mundel, Peter ^b   Tufro, Alda ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell differentiation; Slit diaphragm proteins; VEGF receptor 2; VEGF A secretion

Indexed keywords

CD2 ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPILIN 1; NEUROPILIN 2; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PODOCIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; RECOMBINANT VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 33746610964     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00448.2005     Document Type: Article

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