1987
Cultured human endothelial cells express platelet-derived growth factor A chain.
Collins T, Pober JS, Gimbrone MA, Hammacher A, Betsholtz C, Westermark B, Heldin CH. Cultured human endothelial cells express platelet-derived growth factor A chain. American Journal Of Pathology 1987, 126: 7-12. PMID: 2433948, PMCID: PMC1899550.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA speciesSame relative abundanceHuman endothelial cellsRelative abundanceB polypeptide chainsEndothelial cellsChain transcriptsC-sis geneB-chain transcriptsPlatelet-derived growth factorExtensive structural dataTranscript speciesCultured human umbilical vein endothelial cellsB-chain expressionBovine aortic endothelial cellsHuman umbilical vein endothelial cellsDimeric proteinUmbilical vein endothelial cellsCultured vascular endothelial cellsDifferent genesPrincipal cell typesHybridization analysisPolypeptide chainVein endothelial cellsCell types
1985
Cultured human endothelial cells express platelet-derived growth factor B chain: cDNA cloning and structural analysis
Collins T, Ginsburg D, Boss J, Orkin S, Pober J. Cultured human endothelial cells express platelet-derived growth factor B chain: cDNA cloning and structural analysis. Nature 1985, 316: 748-750. PMID: 4033772, DOI: 10.1038/316748a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman endothelial cellsSequence analysisB chainComplementary DNA clonePDGF B-chainApparent relative molecular massEndothelial cellsChains of PDGFRelative molecular massNorthern blot analysisComplete sequence analysisNormal human endothelial cellsPlatelet-derived growth factorPlatelet-derived growth factor B-chainGrowth factor B-chainDNA clonesPrecursor polypeptideCDNA cloningStriking homologyVascular smooth muscle cellsProtein productsMolecular massPolypeptide chainMessenger RNACultured human endothelial cells