Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors in smooth muscle cells

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1997 • 8,673 citations

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1998 • 2,440 citations

Pituitary follicular cells secrete a novel heparin-binding growth factor specific for vascular endothelial cells

1989 • 2,267 citations

Evidence for Circulating Bone Marrow-Derived Endothelial Cells

1998 • 1,666 citations

Different signal transduction properties of KDR and Flt1, two receptors for vascular endothelial growth factor.

1994 • 1,661 citations

Targeted Deficiency or Cytosolic Truncation of the VE-cadherin Gene in Mice Impairs VEGF-Mediated Endothelial Survival and Angiogenesis

1999 • 1,291 citations

Neuropilin Is a Receptor for the Axonal Chemorepellent Semaphorin III

1997 • 1,131 citations

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1991 • 999 citations

Nucleotide sequence and expression of a novel human receptor-type tyrosine kinase gene (flt) closely related to the fms family.

1990 • 982 citations

Plexin-Neuropilin-1 Complexes Form Functional Semaphorin-3A Receptors

1999 • 803 citations

Neuropilin–Semaphorin III/D-Mediated Chemorepulsive Signals Play a Crucial Role in Peripheral Nerve Projection in Mice

1997 • 647 citations

Indirect angiogenic cytokines upregulate VEGF and bFGF gene expression in vascular smooth muscle cells, whereas hypoxia upregulates VEGF expression only.

1994 • 548 citations

Vascular development: cellular and molecular regulation

1997 • 532 citations

Identification of a new endothelial cell growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase

1991 • 529 citations

A receptor tyrosine kinase cDNA isolated from a population of enriched primitive hematopoietic cells and exhibiting close genetic linkage to c-kit.

1991 • 516 citations

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Upregulates the Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

1998 • 428 citations

A Novel Type of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, VEGF-E (NZ-7 VEGF), Preferentially Utilizes KDR/Flk-1 Receptor and Carries a Potent Mitotic Activity without Heparin-binding Domain

1998 • 412 citations

Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor Upregulates the Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

1995 • 389 citations

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1991 • 352 citations

Hypoxia-induced paracrine regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor expression.

1996 • 351 citations

Induction of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Gene Expression by Interleukin-1 β in Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells

1995 • 347 citations

Embryonic Endothelial Cells Transdifferentiate Into Mesenchymal Cells Expressing Smooth Muscle Actins In Vivo and In Vitro

1997 • 330 citations

The 230 kDa mature form of KDR/Flk-1 (VEGF receptor-2) activates the PLC-γ pathway and partially induces mitotic signals in NIH3T3 fibroblasts

1997 • 305 citations

Neuropilin-1 Extracellular Domains Mediate Semaphorin D/III-Induced Growth Cone Collapse

1998 • 269 citations

Transforming growth factor beta 1 promotes the differentiation of endothelial cells into smooth muscle-like cells in vitro

1992 • 247 citations

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-Induced Migration of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Vitro

1999 • 226 citations

Homologous Up-regulation of KDR/Flk-1 Receptor Expression by Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Vitro

1998 • 217 citations

Cloning and Functional Analysis of the Promoter for KDR/flk-1, a Receptor for Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor

1995 • 173 citations

Hypoxia and platelet‐derived growth factor‐BB synergistically upregulate the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in vascular smooth muscle cells

1995 • 165 citations

Induction of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Balloon-Injured Baboon Arteries

1997 • 158 citations

Uterine smooth muscle cells express functional receptors (flt-1 and KDR) for vascular permeability factor/vascular endothelial growth factor.

1997 • 132 citations

A Novel Promoter for Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor (flt-1) That Confers Endothelial-specific Gene Expression

1995 • 130 citations

Immunohistochemical Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor/Vascular Permeability Factor in Atherosclerotic Intimas of Human Coronary Arteries

1999 • 124 citations

Regulation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 (Flk-1) Expression in Vascular Endothelial Cells

1998 • 100 citations

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Increases the Mitogenic Response to Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells In Vivo via Expression of fms- Like Tyrosine Kinase-1

1997 • 92 citations

Evidence for Cultured Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Heterogeneity: Isolation of Clonal Cells and Study of their Growth Characteristics

1996 • 47 citations

Serum and Platelet-Derived Growth Factor-Induced Expression of Vascular Permeability Factor Mrna by Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells In Vitro

1995 • 31 citations

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression during arterial repair in the pig

1998 • 23 citations

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Porcine Coronary Arteries Following Balloon Angioplasty

1999 • 18 citations

Dynamic changes of smooth muscle and endothelial markers in the early healing process of dacron vascular grafts in the dog, using RT-PCR

2005 • 8 citations