Biology of the apelin-APJ axis in vascular formation

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-131

  Kidoya, Hiroyasu ^a   Takakura, Nobuyuki ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

apelin and APJ; development; regenerative medicine; tumour angiogenesis; vascular formation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; APELIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MATRIGEL; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; S6 KINASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANGIOGENESIS; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHORIOALLANTOIS; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; DENDRITIC CELL; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEART FAILURE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR XENOGRAFT; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 84864452176     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvs071     Document Type: Review

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