2018
SUMOylation of VEGFR2 regulates its intracellular trafficking and pathological angiogenesis
Zhou HJ, Xu Z, Wang Z, Zhang H, Zhuang Z, Simons M, Min W. SUMOylation of VEGFR2 regulates its intracellular trafficking and pathological angiogenesis. Nature Communications 2018, 9: 3303. PMID: 30120232, PMCID: PMC6098000, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05812-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCorneaCysteine EndopeptidasesDiabetes MellitusEndopeptidasesGene DeletionGene Knock-In TechniquesGene SilencingGolgi ApparatusHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsHumansIntracellular SpaceMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNeovascularization, PathologicProtein TransportRetinaSignal TransductionSUMO-1 ProteinSumoylationVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2ConceptsPathological angiogenesisPotential therapeutic targetRegulation of VEGFR2Non-sumoylated formEndothelial-specific deletionDiabetic miceHindlimb ischemiaTherapeutic targetDiabetic settingControl of angiogenesisEndothelial cellsAngiogenesisVEGFR2Surface expressionVEGFR2 activityTissue repairSENP1
2017
ASK1-dependent endothelial cell activation is critical in ovarian cancer growth and metastasis
Yin M, Zhou HJ, Zhang J, Lin C, Li H, Li X, Li Y, Zhang H, Breckenridge DG, Ji W, Min W. ASK1-dependent endothelial cell activation is critical in ovarian cancer growth and metastasis. JCI Insight 2017, 2: e91828. PMID: 28931753, PMCID: PMC5621912, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.91828.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor-associated macrophagesOvarian cancer growthOvarian cancerTranscoelomic metastasisCancer growthTumor growthOrthotopic ovarian cancer modelPeritoneal tumor growthInflammation-mediated tumorigenesisOvarian cancer modelEndothelial cell activationJunction protein VE-cadherinOvarian cancer progressionTAM infiltrationMacrophage infiltrationVascular leakageMacrophage transmigrationVascular permeabilityMouse modelVascular endotheliumMetastasis cancerTherapeutic targetMacrophage activationColon cancerCancer model
2010
Role of DAB2IP in modulating epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and prostate cancer metastasis
Xie D, Gore C, Liu J, Pong RC, Mason R, Hao G, Long M, Kabbani W, Yu L, Zhang H, Chen H, Sun X, Boothman DA, Min W, Hsieh JT. Role of DAB2IP in modulating epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and prostate cancer metastasis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2010, 107: 2485-2490. PMID: 20080667, PMCID: PMC2823864, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908133107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBeta CateninBlotting, WesternCadherinsCell LineCell Line, TumorCell MovementEpithelial CellsGene ExpressionHumansImmunohistochemistryMaleMesodermMiceMice, NudeNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasms, ExperimentalProstatic NeoplasmsRas GTPase-Activating ProteinsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, Small InterferingTCF Transcription FactorsTransfectionTransplantation, HeterologousVimentinConceptsProstate cancerMesenchymal transitionDAB2IP expressionCarcinoma cellsMultiple lymph nodesMetastatic prostate cancerDistant organ metastasisAggressive prostate cancerMetastatic PCa cellsProstate cancer metastasisClinical prostate cancer specimensHuman normal prostatePotential therapeutic targetXenograft mouse modelProstate cancer specimensProstate carcinoma cellsLymph nodesOrgan metastasisPCa cellsRole of DAB2IPPrognostic biomarkerPCa metastasisKnockout miceTherapeutic targetHuman carcinoma cells