VE-cadherin is a critical endothelial regulator of TGF-β signalling

EMBO Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 993-1004

  Rudini, Noemi ^a   Felici, Angelina ^a   Giampietro, Costanza ^a   Lampugnani, Mariagrazia ^a,b   Corada, Monica ^a   Swirsding, Kendra ^a   Garrè, Massimiliano ^a   Liebner, Stefan ^c   Letarte, Michelle ^d   Ten Dijke, Peter ^e   Dejana, Elisabetta ^a,b,f  

^a FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Signal transduction; Smad; TGF ; VE cadherin

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ENDOGLIN; EOMESODERMIN; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE II; ALLANTOIS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CADHERINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIMERIZATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 41949112173     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2008.46     Document Type: Article

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