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VEGFR2 promotes central endothelial activation and the spread of pain in inflammatory arthritis (2018)
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Beazley-Long, N., Moss, C. E., Ashby, W. R., Bestall, S. M., Almahasneh, F., Durrant, A. M., …Donaldson, L. F. (2018). VEGFR2 promotes central endothelial activation and the spread of pain in inflammatory arthritis. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 74, 49-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2018.03.012

Chronic pain can develop in response to conditions such as inflammatory arthritis. The central mechanisms underlying the development and maintenance of chronic pain in humans are not well elucidated although there is evidence for a role of microglia... Read More about VEGFR2 promotes central endothelial activation and the spread of pain in inflammatory arthritis.

Vascular endothelial growth factor-A165b restores normal glomerular water permeability in a diphtheria-toxin mouse model of glomerular injury (2018)
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Stevens, M., Neal, C. R., Salmon, A. H., Bates, D. O., Harper, S. J., & Oltean, S. (in press). Vascular endothelial growth factor-A165b restores normal glomerular water permeability in a diphtheria-toxin mouse model of glomerular injury. Nephron, https://doi.org/10.1159/000485664

BACKGROUND/AIMS:Genetic cell ablation using the human diphtheria toxin receptor (hDTR) is a new strategy used for analysing cellular function. Diphtheria toxin (DT) is a cytotoxic protein that leaves mouse cells relatively unaffected, but upon bindin... Read More about Vascular endothelial growth factor-A165b restores normal glomerular water permeability in a diphtheria-toxin mouse model of glomerular injury.

Effects of hypoxia and hyperoxia on the differential expression of VEGF-A isoforms and receptors in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) (2018)
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Barratt, S. L., Blythe, T., Ourradi, K., Jarrett, C., Welsh, G. I., Bates, D. O., & Millar, A. B. (in press). Effects of hypoxia and hyperoxia on the differential expression of VEGF-A isoforms and receptors in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). Respiratory Research, 19, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-017-0711-x

Dysregulation of VEGF-A bioavailability has been implicated in the development of lung injury/fibrosis, exemplified by Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). VEGF-A is a target of the hypoxic response via its translational regulation by HIF-1?. The rol... Read More about Effects of hypoxia and hyperoxia on the differential expression of VEGF-A isoforms and receptors in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF).

Regulation of human feto-placental endothelial barrier integrity by vascular endothelial growth factors: competitive interplay between VEGF-A165a, VEGF-A165b, PIGF and VE-cadherin (2017)
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Pang, V., Bates, D. O., & Leach, L. (2017). Regulation of human feto-placental endothelial barrier integrity by vascular endothelial growth factors: competitive interplay between VEGF-A165a, VEGF-A165b, PIGF and VE-cadherin. Clinical Science, 131(23), 2763-2775. https://doi.org/10.1042/CS20171252

The human placenta nourishes and protects the developing fetus whilst influencing maternal physiology for fetal advantage. It expresses several members of the VEGF family including the pro-angiogenic/pro-permeability VEGF-A165a isoform, the anti-angi... Read More about Regulation of human feto-placental endothelial barrier integrity by vascular endothelial growth factors: competitive interplay between VEGF-A165a, VEGF-A165b, PIGF and VE-cadherin.

Sulfated galactans from the red seaweed Gracilaria fisheri exerts anti-migration effect on cholangiocarcinoma cells (2017)
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Sae-Lao, T., Luplertlop, N., Janvilisri, T., Tohtong, R., Bates, D. O., & Wongprasert, K. (2017). Sulfated galactans from the red seaweed Gracilaria fisheri exerts anti-migration effect on cholangiocarcinoma cells. Phytomedicine, 36, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phymed.2017.09.014

BACKGROUND: Seaweeds have a long history of use in Asian countries as functional foods, medicinal herbs, and the treatment of cancer. Polysaccharides from various seaweeds have shown anti-tumor activity. Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), often with metastati... Read More about Sulfated galactans from the red seaweed Gracilaria fisheri exerts anti-migration effect on cholangiocarcinoma cells.

Differential expression of VEGF-Axxx isoforms is critical for development of pulmonary fibrosis (2017)
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Barratt, S. L., Blythe, T., Jarrett, C., Ourradi, K., Shelley-Fraser, G., Day, M. J., …Millar, A. B. (2017). Differential expression of VEGF-Axxx isoforms is critical for development of pulmonary fibrosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 196(4), https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201603-0568OC

RATIONALE Fibrosis after lung injury is related to poor outcome, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) can be regarded as an exemplar. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A has been implicated in this context, but there are conflicting rep... Read More about Differential expression of VEGF-Axxx isoforms is critical for development of pulmonary fibrosis.

VEGF-A165b protects against proteinuria in a mouse model with progressive depletion of all endogenous VEGF-A splice isoforms from the kidney (2017)
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Stevens, M., Neal, C. R., Salmon, A. H., Bates, D. O., Harper, S. J., & Oltean, S. (2017). VEGF-A165b protects against proteinuria in a mouse model with progressive depletion of all endogenous VEGF-A splice isoforms from the kidney. Journal of Physiology, 595(19), 6281-6298. https://doi.org/10.1113/jp274481

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is strongly associated with a decrease in the expression of VEGF-A. However, little is known about the contribution of VEGF-A splice isoforms to kidney physiology and pathology. Previous studies suggest that the splice is... Read More about VEGF-A165b protects against proteinuria in a mouse model with progressive depletion of all endogenous VEGF-A splice isoforms from the kidney.

The mutant p53-ID4 complex controls VEGFA isoforms by recruiting lncRNA MALAT1 (2017)
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Pruszko, M., Milano, E., Forcato, M., Donzelli, S., Ganci, F., Di Agostino, S., …Fontemaggi, G. (in press). The mutant p53-ID4 complex controls VEGFA isoforms by recruiting lncRNA MALAT1. EMBO Reports, Article e201643370. https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.201643370

The abundant, nuclear-retained, metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) has been associated with a poorly differentiated and aggressive phenotype of mammary carcinomas. This long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) localizes to nuclear... Read More about The mutant p53-ID4 complex controls VEGFA isoforms by recruiting lncRNA MALAT1.

Can the co-dependence of the immune system and angiogenesis facilitate pharmacological targeting of tumours? (2017)
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Mortara, L., Benest, A. V., Bates, D. O., & Noonan, D. M. (2017). Can the co-dependence of the immune system and angiogenesis facilitate pharmacological targeting of tumours?. Current Opinion in Pharmacology, 35, 66-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coph.2017.05.009

Tumours elicit a number of mechanisms to induce a reprogramming of innate and adaptive immune cells to their advantage, inducing a pro-angiogenic phenotype. Investigation of these events is now leading to the identification of specific myeloid and ly... Read More about Can the co-dependence of the immune system and angiogenesis facilitate pharmacological targeting of tumours?.

Sialic acids regulate microvessel permeability, revealed by novel in vivo studies of endothelial glycocalyx structure and function (2017)
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Betteridge, K., Arkill, K., Neal, C., Harper, S., Foster, B., Satchell, S., …Salmon, A. (2017). Sialic acids regulate microvessel permeability, revealed by novel in vivo studies of endothelial glycocalyx structure and function. Journal of Physiology, 595(15), https://doi.org/10.1113/JP274167

The endothelial glycocalyx forms a continuous coat over the luminal surface of all vessels, and regulates multiple vascular functions. The contribution of individual components of the endothelial glycocalyx to one critical vascular function, microvas... Read More about Sialic acids regulate microvessel permeability, revealed by novel in vivo studies of endothelial glycocalyx structure and function.

Sulfated galactans from red seaweed Gracilaria fisheri target epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and inhibit cholangiocarcinoma cells (CCA) proliferation (2017)
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Sae-lao, T., Tohtong, R., Bates, D. O., & Wongprasert, K. (2017). Sulfated galactans from red seaweed Gracilaria fisheri target epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and inhibit cholangiocarcinoma cells (CCA) proliferation. American Journal of Chinese Medicine, 45(3), 615-633. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0192415X17500367

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is increasing in incidence worldwide and is resistant to chemotherapeutic agents, making treatment of CCA a major challenge. Previous studies reported that natural sulfated polysaccharides (SPs) disrupted growth factor recept... Read More about Sulfated galactans from red seaweed Gracilaria fisheri target epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and inhibit cholangiocarcinoma cells (CCA) proliferation.

Vascular endothelial growth factor-A165b ameliorates outer-retinal barrier and vascular dysfunction in the diabetic retina (2017)
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Ved, N., Hulse, R. P., Bestall, S. M., Donaldson, L. F., Bainbridge, J. W., & Bates, D. O. (2017). Vascular endothelial growth factor-A165b ameliorates outer-retinal barrier and vascular dysfunction in the diabetic retina. Clinical Science, 131(12), 1225-1243. https://doi.org/10.1042/CS20170102

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the leading causes of blindness in the developed world. Characteristic features of DR are retinal neurodegeneration, pathological angiogenesis and breakdown of both the inner and outer retinal barriers of the retin... Read More about Vascular endothelial growth factor-A165b ameliorates outer-retinal barrier and vascular dysfunction in the diabetic retina.

Mechanisms regulating angiogenesis underlie seasonal control of pituitary function (2017)
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Castle-Miller, J., Bates, D. O., & Tortonese, D. J. (2017). Mechanisms regulating angiogenesis underlie seasonal control of pituitary function. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(12), E2514-E2523. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1618917114

Seasonal changes in mammalian physiology, such as those affecting reproduction, hibernation and metabolism, are controlled by pituitary hormones released in response to annual environmental changes. In temperate zones, the primary environmental cue d... Read More about Mechanisms regulating angiogenesis underlie seasonal control of pituitary function.

Development of potent, selective SRPK1 inhibitors as potential topical therapeutics for neovascular eye disease (2017)
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Batson, J., Toop, H. D., Redondo, C., Babaei-Jadidi, R., Chaikaud, A., Wearmouth, S. F., …Morris, J. C. (2017). Development of potent, selective SRPK1 inhibitors as potential topical therapeutics for neovascular eye disease. ACS Chemical Biology, 12(3), 825-832. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.6b01048

Serine/arginine-protein kinase 1 (SRPK1) regulates alternative splicing of VEGF-A to pro-angiogenic isoforms and SRPK1 inhibition can restore the balance of pro/antiangiogenic isoforms to normal physiological levels. The lack of potency and selectivi... Read More about Development of potent, selective SRPK1 inhibitors as potential topical therapeutics for neovascular eye disease.

Differential regulation of blood flow induced neovascularisation and mural cell recruitment by VEGF and angiopoietin signaling (2017)
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Stone, O. A., Carter, J. G., Lin, P. C., Paleolog, E., Machado, M. J. C., & Bates, D. O. (2017). Differential regulation of blood flow induced neovascularisation and mural cell recruitment by VEGF and angiopoietin signaling. Journal of Physiology, 595(5), 1575-1591. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP273430

Signalling through VEGF receptors and the Tie2 receptor by angiopoietins is required in combination with blood flow for the formation of a functional vascular network. We tested the hypothesis that VEGF and Ang1 contribute differentially to neovascul... Read More about Differential regulation of blood flow induced neovascularisation and mural cell recruitment by VEGF and angiopoietin signaling.

Pharmacology of modulators of alternative splicing (2017)
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Bates, D. O., Morris, J. C., Oltean, S., & Donaldson, L. F. (2017). Pharmacology of modulators of alternative splicing. Pharmacological Reviews, 69(1), https://doi.org/10.1124/pr.115.011239

More than 95% of genes in the human genome are alternatively spliced to form multiple transcripts, often encoding proteins with differing or opposing function. The control of alternative splicing is now being elucidated, and with this comes the oppor... Read More about Pharmacology of modulators of alternative splicing.

The control of alternative splicing by SRSF1 in myelinated afferents contributes to the development of neuropathic pain (2016)
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Hulse, R. P., Drake, R. A., Bates, D. O., & Donaldson, L. F. (in press). The control of alternative splicing by SRSF1 in myelinated afferents contributes to the development of neuropathic pain. Neurobiology of Disease, 96, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2016.09.009

Neuropathic pain results from neuroplasticity in nociceptive neuronal networks. Here we demonstrate that control of alternative pre-mRNA splicing, through the splice factor serine-arginine splice factor 1 (SRSF1), is integral to the processing of noc... Read More about The control of alternative splicing by SRSF1 in myelinated afferents contributes to the development of neuropathic pain.

Altered ratios of pro- and anti-angiogenic VEGF-A variants and pericyte expression of DLL4 disrupt the vascular maturation in infantile haemangioma (2016)
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Ye, X., Abou-Rayyah, Y., Bischoff, J., Ritchie, A., Sebire, N. J., Watts, P., …Bates, D. O. (in press). Altered ratios of pro- and anti-angiogenic VEGF-A variants and pericyte expression of DLL4 disrupt the vascular maturation in infantile haemangioma. Journal of Pathology, 239(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/path.4715

Infantile haemangioma (IH), the most common neoplasm in infants, is a slowly resolving vascular tumour. Vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A), which consists of both the pro- and anti-angiogenic variants, contributes to the pathogenesis of IH... Read More about Altered ratios of pro- and anti-angiogenic VEGF-A variants and pericyte expression of DLL4 disrupt the vascular maturation in infantile haemangioma.

Direct detection and measurement of wall shear stress using a filamentous bio-nanoparticle (2015)
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Salmon, A. H. J., Lobo, D. P., Wemyss, A. M., Smith, D. J., Straube, A., Betteridge, K. B., …Arkill, K. P. (2015). Direct detection and measurement of wall shear stress using a filamentous bio-nanoparticle. Nano Research, 8(10), 3307-3315. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-015-0831-x

The wall shear stress (WSS) that a moving fluid exerts on a surface affects many processes including those relating to vascular function. WSS plays an important role in normal physiology (e.g. angiogenesis) and affects the microvasculature's primary... Read More about Direct detection and measurement of wall shear stress using a filamentous bio-nanoparticle.

Vascular endothelial growth factor-A165b is protective and restores endothelial glycocalyx in diabetic nephropathy (2015)
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Oltean, S., Qiu, Y., Ferguson, J. K., Stevens, M., Neal, C., Russell, A., …Salmon, A. H. (2015). Vascular endothelial growth factor-A165b is protective and restores endothelial glycocalyx in diabetic nephropathy. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 26(8), https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2014040350

Diabetic nephropathy is the leading cause of ESRD in high-income countries and a growing problem across the world. Vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) is thought to be a critical mediator of vascular dysfunction in diabetic nephropathy, yet... Read More about Vascular endothelial growth factor-A165b is protective and restores endothelial glycocalyx in diabetic nephropathy.