| Literature DB >> 16322467 |
Nathalie Kertesz1, Valery Krasnoperov, Ramachandra Reddy, Lucy Leshanski, S Ram Kumar, Sergey Zozulya, Parkash S Gill.
Abstract
The receptor tyrosine kinase EphB4 and its ligand EphrinB2 play a crucial role in vascular development during embryogenesis. The soluble monomeric derivative of the extracellular domain of EphB4 (sEphB4) was designed as an antagonist of EphB4/EphrinB2 signaling. sEphB4 blocks activation of EphB4 and EphrinB2; suppresses endothelial cell migration, adhesion, and tube formation in vitro; and inhibits the angiogenic effects of various growth factors (VEGF and bFGF) in vivo. sEphB4 also inhibits tumor growth in murine tumor xenograft models. sEphB4 is thus a therapeutic candidate for vascular proliferative diseases and cancer.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16322467 PMCID: PMC1895726 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-04-1655
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Blood ISSN: 0006-4971 Impact factor: 22.113