Expression of versican V3 by arterial smooth muscle cells alters tumor growth factor β (TGFβ)-, epidermal growth factor (EGF)-, and nuclear factor κb (NFβB)-dependent signaling pathways, creating a microenvironment that resists monocyte adhesion

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 15393-15404

  Kang, Inkyung ^a   Yoon, Dong Won ^a   Braun, Kathleen R ^a   Wight, Thomas N ^a  

^a BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION;

ELASTOGENESIS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTORS; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MONOCYTE ADHESION; NUCLEAR FACTORS; SIGNALING PATHWAYS; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS;

BODY FLUIDS;

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HYALURONIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VERSICAN; VERSICAN V3;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROENVIRONMENT; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ELASTIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR (EGFR); EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYALURONATE; MONOCYTES; NFKAPPAB; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA (TGFBETA); VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; VERSICAN;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; INFLAMMATION; MONOCYTES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NF-KAPPA B; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VERSICANS;

EID: 84901725303     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.544338     Document Type: Article

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