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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-11
pubmed:abstractText
The identification of novel endothelial markers is important in the study of angiogenesis, and may have potential uses in cancer diagnosis and treatment. We have isolated potential markers of tumor angiogenesis by screening human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) treated with tumor conditioned media. Using suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH), we found endomucin, a potential cell surface marker upregulated in this system. Human endomucin is predicted to encode a 261-aa, 27.5-kDa protein with a transmembrane sequence and multiple glycosylation sites. Northern and in situ hybridization studies show that human endomucin expression is largely, if not uniquely, endothelial cell-specific. Human endomucin is present abundantly in highly vascular tissues such as heart, kidney, and lung. It is seen in human aortic endothelial cells (HAECs) as well as in human microvascular endothelial cells (HMVECs). Furthermore, its expression is increased when endothelial cells are proliferating or are stimulated by tumor-conditioned media or specific angiogenic factors such as bFGF (basic fibroblast growth factor) and TNFalpha (tumor necrosis factor), suggesting that endomucin may have a role in tumor angiogenesis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
288
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
129-36
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11594763-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11594763-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11594763-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11594763-Culture Media, Conditioned, pubmed-meshheading:11594763-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:11594763-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11594763-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:11594763-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11594763-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11594763-Mucins, pubmed-meshheading:11594763-Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11594763-Neovascularization, Pathologic, pubmed-meshheading:11594763-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11594763-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11594763-Sialomucins, pubmed-meshheading:11594763-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:11594763-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11594763-Tumor Markers, Biological
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Human endomucin is an endothelial marker.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Surgical Oncology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't