Featured Publications
AIP1 Mediates Vascular Endothelial Cell Growth Factor Receptor-3–Dependent Angiogenic and Lymphangiogenic Responses
Zhou HJ, Chen X, Huang Q, Liu R, Zhang H, Wang Y, Jin Y, Liang X, Lu L, Xu Z, Min W. AIP1 Mediates Vascular Endothelial Cell Growth Factor Receptor-3–Dependent Angiogenic and Lymphangiogenic Responses. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis And Vascular Biology 2014, 34: 603-615. PMID: 24407031, PMCID: PMC3952062, DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.113.303053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsCarrier ProteinsCells, CulturedCorneaEndocytosisEndothelial CellsEndothelium, VascularEye ProteinsGuanylate KinasesHumansLymphangiogenesisMiceMice, KnockoutMicroRNAsNeuronsRas GTPase-Activating ProteinsReceptors, NotchRecombinant ProteinsRetinal NeovascularizationRNA InterferenceRNA, Small InterferingVascular Endothelial Growth Factor CVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-3ConceptsLymphatic endothelial cellsASK1-interacting protein-1VEGFR-3 signalingHuman lymphatic endothelial cellsVEGFR-3Vascular endothelial cell growth factor receptorEndothelial cellsReduced expressionDevelopmental lymphangiogenesisScaffold proteinAIP1 functionsGrowth factor receptorLymphangiogenic signalingNovel functionVEGFR-2 activityRNA knockdownCell growth factor receptorLymphangiogenic responseSimilar defectsFirst insightProtein 1Vascular endothelial cellsPathological angiogenesisSpecific deletionFactor receptor
2020
Mural Cell-Specific Deletion of Cerebral Cavernous Malformation 3 in the Brain Induces Cerebral Cavernous Malformations
Wang K, Zhang H, He Y, Jiang Q, Tanaka Y, Park IH, Pober JS, Min W, Zhou HJ. Mural Cell-Specific Deletion of Cerebral Cavernous Malformation 3 in the Brain Induces Cerebral Cavernous Malformations. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis And Vascular Biology 2020, 40: 2171-2186. PMID: 32640906, DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.120.314586.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsBrainCell CommunicationCell MovementCells, CulturedCoculture TechniquesEndothelial CellsFemaleFocal AdhesionsGene DeletionGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous SystemHumansMaleMembrane ProteinsMice, KnockoutMicrovesselsMyocytes, Smooth MusclePaxillinPericytesPhenotypeProtein StabilityProto-Oncogene ProteinsSignal TransductionConceptsCerebral cavernous malformationsBrain mural cellsCCM lesionsMural cellsCavernous malformationsSevere brain hemorrhageCCM pathogenesisSmooth muscle cellsWeeks of ageCell-specific deletionMural cell coverageBrain pericytesBrain hemorrhageNeonatal stageBrain vasculatureLesionsEntire brainMuscle cellsCerebral cavernous malformation 3Endothelial cellsMicePericytesSpecific deletionAdhesion formationPathogenesis
2015
AIP1 Expression in Tumor Niche Suppresses Tumor Progression and Metastasis
Ji W, Li Y, He Y, Yin M, Zhou HJ, Boggon TJ, Zhang H, Min W. AIP1 Expression in Tumor Niche Suppresses Tumor Progression and Metastasis. Cancer Research 2015, 75: 3492-3504. PMID: 26139244, PMCID: PMC4558200, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-15-0088.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsBreast NeoplasmsCarrier ProteinsCell Line, TumorEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGuanylate KinasesHumansMelanoma, ExperimentalMiceNeoplasm MetastasisNeovascularization, PathologicProtein Kinase InhibitorsSignal TransductionTumor MicroenvironmentVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2ConceptsEpithelial-mesenchymal transitionPremetastatic niche formationTumor growthAugments tumor growthBreast cancer modelSuppresses tumor progressionVascular endothelial cellsNiche formationSystemic administrationCancer modelVEGFR2 kinase inhibitorTumor neovascularizationTumor progressionTumor angiogenesisTumor microenvironmentTumor cellsEndothelial cellsMetastasisKinase inhibitorsTumor nicheVascular ECsSpecific deletionVascular environmentEMT switchAIP1 gene