Intramembrane binding of VE-cadherin to VEGFR2 and VEGFR3 assembles the endothelial mechanosensory complex

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 975-986

  Coon, Brian G ^a   Baeyens, Nicolas ^a   Han, Jinah ^a   Budatha, Madhusudhan ^a   Ross, Tyler D ^a   Fang, Jennifer S ^a   Yun, Sanguk ^a   Thomas, Jeon Leon ^a,b,c,d   Schwartz, Martin A ^a,e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3; CADHERIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2, HUMAN; VEGFR3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AORTA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIAL MECHANOSENSORY COMPLEX; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; TRANSACTIVATION; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTION; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RNA INTERFERENCE; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD31; CADHERINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEK293 CELLS; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-3;

EID: 84928251808     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201408103     Document Type: Article

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