2012
FGF Regulates TGF-β Signaling and Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition via Control of let-7 miRNA Expression
Chen PY, Qin L, Barnes C, Charisse K, Yi T, Zhang X, Ali R, Medina PP, Yu J, Slack FJ, Anderson DG, Kotelianski V, Wang F, Tellides G, Simons M. FGF Regulates TGF-β Signaling and Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition via Control of let-7 miRNA Expression. Cell Reports 2012, 2: 1684-1696. PMID: 23200853, PMCID: PMC3534912, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2012.10.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFibroblast growth factorEndo-MTMesenchymal transitionGrowth factorNormal endothelial functionBlood vessel functionTGF-β signalingEndothelial functionVascular pathologyEndothelial homeostasisNeointima formationVessel functionΒ ligandMiRNA levelsMiRNA expressionActivationExpressionUnexpected role
2001
Syndecan-4-mediated signalling
Simons M, Horowitz A. Syndecan-4-mediated signalling. Cellular Signalling 2001, 13: 855-862. PMID: 11728825, DOI: 10.1016/s0898-6568(01)00190-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsFibroblast Growth FactorsIsoenzymesMacromolecular SubstancesMembrane GlycoproteinsModels, BiologicalMolecular Sequence DataPhosphatidylinositol 4,5-DiphosphatePhosphorylationProtein Kinase CProtein Kinase C-alphaProtein Structure, TertiaryProteoglycansSignal TransductionSyndecan-4ConceptsSyndecan familySyndecan-4Carboxy-terminal PDZPDZ adaptor proteinsUnique signaling functionsProtein kinase C alphaCore proteinExtracellular matrix proteinsHeparan sulfate chainsSoluble growth factorsTyrosine kinase receptorsAdaptor proteinCytoplasmic tailSignaling functionsTransmembrane proteoglycansProteoglycan functionMultimolecular complexesC alphaMatrix proteinsKinase receptorsPostsynaptic density-95Zona occludensGlycosaminoglycan chainsSulfate chainsProtein
1996
Food for starving hearts
Simons M, Ware J. Food for starving hearts. Nature Medicine 1996, 2: 519-520. PMID: 8616705, DOI: 10.1038/nm0596-519.Peer-Reviewed Original Research