Involvement of integrin-linked kinase in capillary/tube-like network formation of human vascular endothelial cells

Angiogenesis is a complex process involving an ECM and vascular endothelial cells (EC), and is regulated by various angiogenic factors including VEGF. The ability to form a capillary/tube-like network is a specialized function of EC. Therefore, in vitro angiogenesis was assessed by a capillary/tube-like network formation assay. There are three angiogenic parameters: capillary length, number of capillaries, and relative capillary area per field. We evaluated capillary length per field in the assay. VEGF promoted capillary/tube-like network formation of EC in a type I collagen gel matrix in vitro. Moreover, we demonstrated the involvement of ILK in a VEGF signaling pathway mediating capillary/tube-like network formation of EC using dominant-negative, kinase deficient ILK. This is a straightforward assay to monitor responses of human vascular endothelial cells.

• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Biological Procedures Online

• Publication date

  2005-04-27

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1251/bpo104PMID 16136223PMCID 1190378
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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