The Role of Macrophages in the Pathogenesis of ALI/ARDS by Xiaofang Huang, Huiqing Xiu, Shufang Zhang, Gensheng Zhang

“…Apart from leukocytes and endothelial cells, macrophages are also essential for the process of the inflammatory response in ALI/ARDS. …”
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Rosiglitazone Restores Endothelial Dysfunction in a Rat Model of Metabolic Syndrome through PPARγ- and PPARδ-Dependent Phosphorylation of Akt and eNOS by Zhigang Zhao, Zhidan Luo, Peijian Wang, Jing Sun, Hao Yu, Tingbing Cao, Yinxing Ni, Jing Chen, Zhencheng Yan, Daoyan Liu, Zhiming Zhu

“…Importantly, this effect was blocked by either inhibition of PPARγ or PPARδ. In cultured endothelial cells, acute treatment with rosiglitazone increased the phosphorylation of Akt and eNOS and the production of NO. …”
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Endothelial-secreted Endocan activates PDGFRA and regulates vascularity and spatial phenotype in glioblastoma by Soniya Bastola, Marat S. Pavlyukov, Neel Sharma, Yasmin Ghochani, Mayu A. Nakano, Sree Deepthi Muthukrishnan, Sang Yul Yu, Min Soo Kim, Alireza Sohrabi, Natalia P. Biscola, Daisuke Yamashita, Ksenia S. Anufrieva, Tatyana F. Kovalenko, Grace Jung, Tomas Ganz, Beatrice O’Brien, Riki Kawaguchi, Yue Qin, Stephanie K. Seidlits, Alma L. Burlingame, Juan A. Oses-Prieto, Leif A. Havton, Steven A. Goldman, Anita B. Hjelmeland, Ichiro Nakano, Harley I. Kornblum

“…In addition to supplying oxygen and nutrients, vascular endothelial cells provide trophic support to GBM cells via paracrine signaling. …”
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Gradual Increase of High Mobility Group Protein B1 in the Lungs after the Onset of Acute Exacerbation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by Masahito Ebina, Hiroyuki Taniguchi, Taku Miyasho, Shingo Yamada, Naoko Shibata, Hiromitsu Ohta, Shu Hisata, Shinya Ohkouchi, Tsutomu Tamada, Hidekazu Nishimura, Akitoshi Ishizaka, Ikuro Maruyama, Yoshinori Okada, Kondo Takashi, Toshihiro Nukiwa

“…In the lung tissues of eight IPF patients autopsied after acute exacerbation, intense cytoplasmic staining for HMGB1 was observed in the alveolar epithelial cells in alveolar capillary augmented lesions, where the capillary endothelial cells remarkably reduced the expression of thrombomodulin, an intrinsic antagonist of HMGB1. …”
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Virus Infection-Induced Bronchial Asthma Exacerbation by Mutsuo Yamaya

“…Viral infections affect the barrier function of the airway epithelial cells and vascular endothelial cells. Recent reports have demonstrated augmented viral production mediated by an impaired interferon response in the airway epithelial cells of asthma patients. …”
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Disulfidptosis as a key regulator of glioblastoma progression and immune cell impairment by Yifu Shu, Jing Li

“…Single-cell analysis showed high disulfidptosis-Tex activity in endothelial cells. Memory T cell populations were linked to these genes. …”
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Involvement of HMGB1 in Resistance to Tumor Vessel-Targeted, Monoclonal Antibody-Based Immunotherapy by Vito Pistoia, Annalisa Pezzolo

“…We have demonstrated that targeting of tumor-derived endothelial cells with an anti-human CD31 monoclonal antibody in a human neuroblastoma model was unsuccessful due to a complex chain of events involving the participation of HMGB1. …”
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Endothelial Adhesion of Targeted Microbubbles in Both Small and Great Vessels Using Ultrasound Radiation Force by Jia Liu, Ping Zhang, Ping Liu, Yang Zhao, Shunji Gao, Kaibin Tan, Zheng Liu

“…Our results indicate that the UCA adhesion targeted to ICAM-1 expressed on mouse cremaster microvascular endothelial cells increase about 9-fold when USRF is applied at 1 MHz and 73.9 kPa. …”
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The Precapillary Segment of the Blood-Brain Barrier and Its Relation to Perivascular Drainage in Alzheimer's Disease and Small Vessel Disease. by Dietmar R. Thal

“…At capillaries protein transport is possible via receptor-mediated endocytosis through endothelial cells. At the arteries and veins the BBB is thicker and there is, under physiological conditions, no direct transport from the brain tissue to the blood or vice versa. …”
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Placental growth factor modulates endothelial NO production and exacerbates experimental hepatopulmonary syndrome by Fabien Robert, Feriel Benchenouf, My Ngoc Ha, Alessandra Cuomo, Mina Ottaviani, Maxime Surbier, Raphaël Thuillet, Corinne Normand, Florent Dumont, Céline Verstuyft, Frederic Fiore, Frederic Guinut, Marc Humbert, Audrey Coilly, Emmanuel Gonzales, Olivier Sitbon, Ly Tu, Christophe Guignabert, Laurent Savale

“…In vitro, PlGF stimulation enhanced eNOS activity in human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells, whereas PlGF knockdown led to a decrease. …”
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Systemic regulation of retinal medium-chain fatty acid oxidation repletes TCA cycle flux in oxygen-induced retinopathy by Almut Heinken, John M. Asara, Gopalan Gnanaguru, Charandeep Singh

“…Especially, induction of hyperoxia driven anaplerosis in neurovascular tissues such as the retina during early stages of development could deplete biosynthetic precursors from newly proliferating endothelial cells impeding physiological angiogenesis and leading to vasoobliteration. …”
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Systemic brain dissemination of glioblastoma requires transdifferentiation into endothelial-like cells via TGF-β-ALK1-Smad1/5 signaling by Thomas M.B. Ware, Adilson Fonseca Teixeira, Josephine Iaria, Rodney B. Luwor, Hong-Jian Zhu

“…Mechanistically, in addition to TGF-β-ALK5-Smad2/3 signaling, glioblastoma tumour cells also activate TGF-β-ALK1-Smad1/5 signaling – a mechanism previously thought to be limited to endothelial cells. Consequently, therapeutic targeting of TGF-β-ALK1-Smad1/5 activity impaired endothelialisation-driven glioblastoma progression. …”
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Lymphatic-derived oxysterols promote anti-tumor immunity and response to immunotherapy in melanoma by Mengzhu Sun, Laure Garnier, Romane Chevalier, Martin Roumain, Chen Wang, Julien Angelillo, Julien Montorfani, Robert Pick, Dale Brighouse, Nadine Fournier, David Tarussio, Stéphanie Tissot, Jean-Marc Lobaccaro, Tatiana V. Petrova, Camilla Jandus, Daniel E. Speiser, Manfred Kopf, Caroline Pot, Christoph Scheiermann, Krisztian Homicsko, Giulio G. Muccioli, Abhishek D. Garg, Stéphanie Hugues

“…We show in a lymphangiogenic murine melanoma that lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) upregulate the enzyme Ch25h, which catalyzes the formation of 25-hydroxycholesterol (25-HC) from cholesterol and plays important roles in lipid metabolism, gene regulation, and immune activation. …”
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Identification of disulfidptosis-related subtypes in gastric cancer and GAMT is a key gene during disulfidptosis by Wenxue Wu, Guoqiang Tao, Zhiqing Chen, Qi Zhou

“…Mesenchymal cells, especially myCAF, endothelial cells, and smooth muscle cells, have strong disulfidptosis scores. …”
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FYN regulates aqueous humor outflow and IOP through the phosphorylation of VE-CADHERIN by Krishnakumar Kizhatil, Graham M. Clark, Daniel K. Sunderland, Aakriti Bhandari, Logan J. Horbal, Revathi Balasubramanian, Simon W. M. John

“…Abstract Schlemm’s canal endothelial cells (SECs) serve as the final barrier to aqueous humor (AQH) drainage from the eye. …”
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The Response of Macrophages and Neutrophils to Hypoxia in the Context of Cancer and Other Inflammatory Diseases by Antje Egners, Merve Erdem, Thorsten Cramer

“…Virtually every aspect of macrophage and neutrophil function is affected by hypoxia, amongst others, morphology, migration, chemotaxis, adherence to endothelial cells, bacterial killing, differentiation/polarization, and protumorigenic activity. …”
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Targeting T helper 17 cells: emerging strategies for overcoming transplant rejection by Young Joon Lee, Mi-La Cho

“…These cells facilitate rejection by enhancing neutrophil infiltration into the graft and by activating endothelial cells and fibroblasts. Additionally, Th17 cells can trigger the activation of other T cell types, including Th1, Th2, and CD8+ T cells, further contributing to rejection. …”
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Anti-inflammatory coupled anti-angiogenic airway stent effectively suppresses tracheal in-stents restenosis by Yanan Zhao, Yiming Liu, Jiheng Shan, Xiaohong Xu, Chengzhi Zhang, Zaoqu Liu, Xiaomeng Li, Zhaoqian Zhong, Yanxia Gao, Kewei Ren, Dechao Jiao, Jianzhuang Ren, Ping Wu, Yong Jiang, Xinwei Han

“…It also displayed anti-proliferative and anti-angiogenic properties on human umbilical vein endothelial cells and lung fibroblasts. PAGL was implanted into the tracheae of New Zealand rabbits to evaluate its efficacy in inhibiting bacterial infection, suppressing the inflammatory response, reducing angiogenesis, and attenuating excessive fibroblast activation. …”
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Characterization of Nestin, a Selective Marker for Bone Marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Liang Xie, Xin Zeng, Jing Hu, Qianming Chen

“…However, Nes+ cells were reported to participate in angiogenesis as MSCs or endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in several tissues and be a heterogeneous population comprising mesenchymal cells and endothelial cells in the developing bone marrow. In this review article, we will summarize the progress of the research on Nestin, particularly the function of Nes+ cells in bone marrow, and discuss the feasibility of using Nestin as a specific marker for MSCs.…”
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Construction of functional tissue-engineered microvasculatures using circulating fibrocytes as mural cells by Xiaolin Wang, Hong Tan, Harsha P Gunawardena, Jin Cao, Lu Dang, Hongbing Deng, Xueyong Li, Hongjun Wang, Jinqing Li, Caibin Cui, David A Gerber

“…We showed that in vitro , circulating fibrocytes (CFs) can (1) shear and stabilize the microvasculatures formed by vascular endothelial cells (VECs) in a collagen gel, (2) form gap junctions with VECs and (3) induce basement membrane formation. …”
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