2008
TNF-&agr; Induces MMP2 Gelatinase Activity and MT1-MMP Expression in an In Vitro Model of Nucleus Pulposus Tissue Degeneration
Séguin CA, Pilliar RM, Madri JA, Kandel RA. TNF-&agr; Induces MMP2 Gelatinase Activity and MT1-MMP Expression in an In Vitro Model of Nucleus Pulposus Tissue Degeneration. Spine 2008, 33: 356-365. PMID: 18277865, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e3181642a5e.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCattleElectrophoretic Mobility Shift AssayExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesGene ExpressionImmunoblottingIn Vitro TechniquesIntervertebral DiscLuciferasesMatrix Metalloproteinase 14Matrix Metalloproteinase 2Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaUp-RegulationConceptsMMP-2 gelatinase activityERK MAPK pathwayTranscriptional activationMT1-MMPElectrophoretic mobility shift assaysMT1-MMP promoterMMP-2 geneMobility shift assaysSignal transduction mechanismsProtein levelsERK 1/2 activationNP tissuesTranscription factorsShift assaysMT1-MMP expressionReporter constructsTNF-alpha inductionERK MAPKGelatinase activityLuciferase constructEgr-1TNF-alpha treatmentMMP-2 activationSP-1Transduction mechanisms
1993
Differential induction of VCAM-1 on human iliac venous and arterial endothelial cells and its role in adhesion.
Hauser I, Johnson D, Madri J. Differential induction of VCAM-1 on human iliac venous and arterial endothelial cells and its role in adhesion. The Journal Of Immunology 1993, 151: 5172-85. PMID: 7693806, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.151.10.5172.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultCell AdhesionCell Adhesion MoleculesCells, CulturedE-SelectinEndothelium, VascularFemaleHumansIliac ArteryIliac VeinIntercellular Adhesion Molecule-1Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1Middle AgedReceptors, Very Late AntigenRNA, MessengerTetradecanoylphorbol AcetateTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaVascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1ConceptsArterial endothelial cellsICAM-1VCAM-1Venous endothelial cellsEndothelial cellsTNF-alphaU937 cell adhesionELAM-1VCAM-1 cell surface expressionTNF-alpha-induced VCAM-1 expressionAdhesion molecules VCAM-1ICAM-2U937 cellsAdhesion molecules ICAM-1TNF-alpha-induced expressionLate activation AgVCAM-1 expressionMolecules ICAM-1VCAM-1/VLAMonocyte-like cell line U937TNF-alpha treatmentVessel endothelial cellsAdhesion of PMALarge vessel endothelial cellsEC types