Key role of endothelial importin-α in VEGF expression and gastric angiogenesis: Novel insight into aging gastropathy

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 306, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Ahluwalia, Amrita ^a   Jones, Michael K ^a,b   Tarnawski, Andrzej S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Angiogenesis; Gastric endothelial cells; Hypoxia; Hypoxia inducible factor 1 ; Importin ; VEGF

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANGIOGENESIS; GASTRIC ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HYPOXIA; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR-1Α; IMPORTIN-Α; VEGF;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH DISEASES; TRANSFECTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84894076913     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00382.2013     Document Type: Article

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