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SUBMITTER: Chan B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2666009 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chan Barden B Sukhatme Vikas P VP
FEBS letters 20090221 6
Tie-1 is an endothelial specific receptor tyrosine kinase that is upregulated in diseases such as atherosclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. We recently demonstrated that Tie-1 induced a proinflammatory response when overexpressed in endothelial cells. Here, we used a complementary approach and suppressed endogenous Tie-1 expression in endothelial cells to examine its function by microarray analysis. Tie-1 appeared to govern expression of many genes involved in inflammation. Expression knockdown ...[more]