Hypoxia induces the proliferation of endothelial progenitor cells via upregulation of Apelin/APLNR/MAPK signaling

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1801-1806

  Zhang, Jingchang ^a   Liu, Qiming ^b   Fang, Zhenfei ^b   Hu, Xinqun ^b   Huang, Feng ^c   Tang, Liang ^b   Zhou, Shenghua ^b  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apelin; Endothelial progenitor cell; Hypoxia; Mitogen activated protein kinase; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

APELIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; APLN PROTEIN, HUMAN; APLNR PROTEIN, HUMAN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UMBILICAL CORD; UPREGULATION; CELL HYPOXIA; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

CELL HYPOXIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELLS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84956920038     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2015.4691     Document Type: Article

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