... invasion assays; the transcriptional level of EMT-related genes was evaluated through real-time PCR; and the effect of HG and / or GLUT4 on estrogen receptors, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptor VEGFR was analyzed through western blotting, ELISA and flow cytometry (FCM) assay...

... group, and PDT group. NF-κB expression was detected by an electrophoretic mobility shift assay, hypoxia-inducible factor α (HIF-1α) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) by real-time PCR, NF-κB, HIF-1α, and VEGF protein by western blot, and Ki-67, HIF-1α, VEGF, and NF-κB protein...

... angiogenesis and the changes of VEGF/Flk1 and Ang-1/Tie-2 signaling in the rat model of DCM. Methods: Diabetic rats were induced by a single intraperitoneal injection of Streptozotocin. 12 weeks after the diabetes induction, the rats with NRG-1 treatment were treated with tail vein injection of NRG-1...

... of cluster of differentiation 31 (CD31), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) were detected by immunohistochemical staining or western blot. Tube formation assay was used to measure angiogenesis in vitro . Results: Deptor knockdown led to increased...

...Go Sakai; Haruhiko Tokuda; Kazuhiko Fujita; Shingo Kainuma; Tetsu Kawabata; Rie Matsushima-Nishiwaki; Osamu Kozawa; Takanobu Otsuka Background/Aims: We previously demonstrated that transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) stimulates the synthesis of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) through...

...Meng Yang; Lei Wang; Xurong Wang; Xuezhi Wang; Zhiqiang Yang; Jianxi Li Background/Aims: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has been demonstrated to play a pivotal role in the regulation of angiogenesis in ovarian follicular development, particularly during the preovulatory period. Although...

...-VEGF axis remains unclear. Methods: The expression characteristic of HGF in human gastric cancer tissues was shown by an immunohistochemistry assay, and the expression levels of target protein were detected by Western blot. The relative levels of miR-26a/b and target mRNA were examined by qRT-PCR. We...

...Li Ju; Zhiwen Zhou; Bo Jiang; Yue Lou; Xirong Guo Background/Aims: Pro-angiogenic factors VEGF and IL-8 play a major role in modulating the migratory potential of endothelial cells. The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of autocrine VEGF and IL-8 in the form of self-conditioned...

... of rapamycin (mTOR) in regulating expression of HIF-1α and its downstream pathway, namely vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Methods: Streptozotocin (STZ) was systemically injected to induce hyperglycemia in rats. ELISA and Western Blot analysis were employed to determine the levels of HIF-1α and VEGF...

... of embryonal airways in experimental EA-TEF was induced by Adriamycin. In this study, we investigated the Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) pathway in the developing lung in an EA-TEF rat model. We further analyzed the effect of recombinant VEGF treatment in vitro on branching morphogenesis of embryo...

...Yong Xu; Ai-Mei Gao; Li-Juan Ji; Xing Li; Li-Li Zhong; Hai-Lun Li; Dong-Hui Zheng Background/Aims: Hypoxia has recently been proposed as one of the most important factors in progressive renal injury. Hypoxia-induced vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression may play a critical role...

... apoptosis. Further analysis identified levels of HIF-1α, VEGF, Raf, phosphor-MEK, and phosphor-ERK, whose activities were significantly attenuated in the AQP3 knockdown group. Conclusions: These findings indicate that AQP3 knockdown retards the growth of NSCLC cells partially through inhibiting HIF-1α/VEGF...

... endothelial growth factor (VEGF). In particular, we examined the effects of diabetic hyperglycemia on HIF-1α response in the processing of ICH. Methods: ELISA was used to measure HIF-1α and VEGF; and Western Blot analysis to examine the protein expression of VEGFR-2 and Caspase-3. Neurological Severity Score...

... of human tumor cells. However, BBR's anti-angiogenesis property and its clinical potential as an inhibitor of tumor angiogenesis in breast cancer cells have not been fully elucidated. Here, we investigated the effect of BBR on TPA-induced VEGF and fibronectin (FN) as well as VEGF-induced FN in breast...

... under equal treatment might be due to their different origin and characteristics. 25 06 2013 12 7 2013 Thyroid cancer Sunitinib Cytokines Radiation VEGF Gene expression With 1% of all malignancies, thyroid cancer is the most common malignant endocrine tumor [ 1...

... of VEGF and proliferation, and migration of ECV304. Methods: The inflammatory Mφ was divided into early phase (2 h) group and late phase (24 h) group according the different exposure time to LPS. Then the inflammatory Mφ and ECV304 were co-cultured via transwell chambers in both non-contacting...

...Han-A Kim; Kook Heon Seo; Yeong-Rim Kang; Hyun-Mi Ko; Kyoung-Jin Kim; Hae-Kyong Back; Hern-ku Lee; Suhn-Young Im It has been previously reported that platelet-activating factor (PAF) induces the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) via the downregulation of p53 activity...

...Qing-Jiang Chen; Ming-Zhi Zhang; Le-Xin Wang Aims: The ginsenoside Rg3 (Rg3) inhibits xenograft growth and angiogenesis in tumors mainly via down-regulates VEGF expression. This study was designed to investigate the mechanisms by which Rg3 down-regulates VEGF expression. Methods: MTT assay...

... Factor 3 (ATF-3) was heavily induced by hypoxia in A549 cells but not in HMEC-1 cells. Both cell types exhibited hypoxia induced secretion of VEGF and IL-6. Secretion of the vasoconstrictor endothelin-1 (ET1) was increased by hypoxia in HMEC-1 cells but decreased in A549 cells. These data reveal...

...) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression. We used heterozygous Ang-2 deficient (Ang2LacZ) mice to evaluate murine retinal vascular changes and gene expression of growth factors. Vascular changes were assessed by quantitative retinal morphometry and gene expression levels of growth factors were...