Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHODS AND RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that tissue kallikrein is partly involved in pathogenesis of proliferative diabetic retinopathy and may be a promising therapeutic agent that could cleave VEGF165 itself when administered by a peripheral route.
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Authors | Shinsuke Nakamura, Nobutaka Morimoto, Kazuhiro Tsuruma, Hiroshi Izuta, Yoshika Yasuda, Noriaki Kato, Tsunehiko Ikeda, Masamitsu Shimazawa, Hideaki Hara |
Journal | Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology
(Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol)
Vol. 31
Issue 5
Pg. 1041-8
(May 2011)
ISSN: 1524-4636 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 21293011
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Angiogenesis Inhibitors
- VEGFA protein, human
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
- vascular endothelial growth factor A, mouse
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2
- Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases
- p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
- Tissue Kallikreins
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Topics |
- Aged
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Angiogenesis Inhibitors
(administration & dosage, metabolism)
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Case-Control Studies
- Cell Movement
(drug effects)
- Cell Proliferation
(drug effects)
- Cells, Cultured
- Coculture Techniques
- Diabetic Retinopathy
(enzymology, pathology)
- Disease Models, Animal
- Endothelial Cells
(drug effects, metabolism)
- Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases
(metabolism)
- Female
- Humans
- Injections, Subcutaneous
- Male
- Mass Spectrometry
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- Rats
- Retinal Neovascularization
(enzymology, pathology, prevention & control)
- Retinal Vessels
(drug effects, enzymology, pathology)
- Time Factors
- Tissue Kallikreins
(administration & dosage, metabolism)
- Up-Regulation
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
(metabolism)
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2
(metabolism)
- Vitreous Body
(enzymology)
- p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
(metabolism)
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