SILAC-based proteomics of human primary endothelial cell morphogenesis unveils tumor angiogenic markers.
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SUBMITTER: Zanivan S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3861710 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
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SILAC-based proteomics of human primary endothelial cell morphogenesis unveils tumor angiogenic markers.
Zanivan Sara S Maione Federica F Hein Marco Y MY Hernández-Fernaud Juan Ramon JR Ostasiewicz Pawel P Giraudo Enrico E Mann Matthias M
Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP 20130826 12
Proteomics has been successfully used for cell culture on dishes, but more complex cellular systems have proven to be challenging and so far poorly approached with proteomics. Because of the complexity of the angiogenic program, we still do not have a complete understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in this process, and there have been no in depth quantitative proteomic studies. Plating endothelial cells on matrigel recapitulates aspects of vessel growth, and here we investigate this ...[more]
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