2012
IL-13 receptor α2-arginase 2 pathway mediates IL-13-induced pulmonary hypertension
Cho WK, Lee CM, Kang MJ, Huang Y, Giordano FJ, Lee PJ, Trow TK, Homer RJ, Sessa WC, Elias JA, Lee CG. IL-13 receptor α2-arginase 2 pathway mediates IL-13-induced pulmonary hypertension. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2012, 304: l112-l124. PMID: 23125252, PMCID: PMC3543640, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00101.2012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary hypertensionIL-13Human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cellsDevelopment of PHPulmonary artery smooth muscle cellsRight ventricle systolic pressurePathogenesis of PHArtery smooth muscle cellsExpression of ARG2Pulmonary arterial hypertensionPulmonary vascular remodelingVentricle systolic pressurePotential therapeutic targetIL-13 treatmentSmooth muscle cellsNull mutant miceArterial hypertensionEffector cytokinesMedial thickeningSystolic pressureHemodynamic changesPulmonary arterySmall-interfering RNAVascular remodelingArginase-2Engineered Zinc-Finger Proteins Can Compensate Genetic Haploinsufficiency by Transcriptional Activation of the Wild-Type Allele: Application to Willams-Beuren Syndrome and Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis
Zhang P, Huang A, Morales-Ruiz M, Starcher BC, Huang Y, Sessa WC, Niklason LE, Giordano FJ. Engineered Zinc-Finger Proteins Can Compensate Genetic Haploinsufficiency by Transcriptional Activation of the Wild-Type Allele: Application to Willams-Beuren Syndrome and Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis. Human Gene Therapy 2012, 23: 1186-1199. PMID: 22891920, PMCID: PMC3498887, DOI: 10.1089/hum.2011.201.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesAortic Stenosis, SupravalvularCell LineCell MovementCell ProliferationDosage Compensation, GeneticElastinGene ExpressionGene Expression RegulationHaploinsufficiencyHumansMutationNonsense Mediated mRNA DecayOrgan SpecificityProtein EngineeringTranscriptional ActivationWilliams SyndromeZinc FingersConceptsZinc finger protein transcription factorsTranscriptional activationWild-type alleleWilliams-Beuren syndromeMutant allelesEngineered Zinc Finger ProteinsElastin geneTargeted transcriptional activationCompensatory expressionSplice variantsZinc finger proteinProtein transcription factorsNonsense-mediated decayWild-type cellsMultiple splice variantsElastin expressionGene replacement strategyMutant proteinsHaploinsufficient genesTranscription factorsComplex genesNatural stoichiometryDistinct genetic syndromesGenesGenetic diseases
2008
Urocortin2 inhibits tumor growth via effects on vascularization and cell proliferation
Hao Z, Huang Y, Cleman J, Jovin IS, Vale WW, Bale TL, Giordano FJ. Urocortin2 inhibits tumor growth via effects on vascularization and cell proliferation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2008, 105: 3939-3944. PMID: 18308934, PMCID: PMC2268793, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0712366105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInhibits tumor growthTumor growthTumor vascularizationActivation of CRFR2Potential therapeutic roleTumor growth inhibitionTumor-suppressing effectsCRFR2 activationMeasurable tumorsTumor cell cyclingCell tumorsTherapeutic roleClinical malignancyUrocortin 2Peripheral tissuesCRFR2Ucn2Genetic deletionTissue vascularityDirect inhibitionVessel diameterCell proliferationVessel numberVascularizationTumors
2004
Loss of HIF-1α in endothelial cells disrupts a hypoxia-driven VEGF autocrine loop necessary for tumorigenesis
Tang N, Wang L, Esko J, Giordano FJ, Huang Y, Gerber HP, Ferrara N, Johnson RS. Loss of HIF-1α in endothelial cells disrupts a hypoxia-driven VEGF autocrine loop necessary for tumorigenesis. Cancer Cell 2004, 6: 485-495. PMID: 15542432, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2004.09.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimalsCell HypoxiaCell ProliferationCells, CulturedChemotaxisEndothelial CellsGene Expression RegulationHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitMiceNeoplasmsNeovascularization, PathologicTranscription FactorsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2Wound Healing