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Michael Pepper is Director of the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Director of the SAMRC Extramural Unit for Stem Cell Research and Therapy, and a professor in the Department of Immunology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP). He is also professeur associé in the Department of Genetic Medicine and Development in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Michael obtained his MBChB in 1982 from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Cape Town, and moved to Geneva in 1986, where he obtained his PhD in 1990, MD in 1992 and Privat Docent in 1997. Michael returned to South Africa in July 2004. He has worked extensively in the field of clinically-oriented (translational) molecular cell biology, and his current interests include stem cells and the human genome as well as the ethical, legal and social implications of work in these fields.

Publications

  • Precision global health: a roadmap for augmented action
  • When cells become medicines: A South African perspective
  • Method and kit for identifying gene mutations
  • The Role of Pref-1 during Adipogenic Differentiation: An Overview of Suggested Mechanisms
  • The Effect of Early Rounds of ex vivo Expansion and Cryopreservation on the Adipogenic Differentiation Capacity of Adipose-Derived Stromal/Stem Cells
  • Adipogenesis: A Complex Interplay of Multiple Molecular Determinants and Pathways
  • The effect of medium supplementation and serial passaging on the transcriptome of human adipose-derived stromal cells expanded in vitro
  • Spectrum of MYO7A Mutations in an Indigenous South African Population Further Elucidates the Nonsyndromic Autosomal Recessive Phenotype of DFNB2 to Include Both Homozygous and Compound Heterozygous Mutations
  • An optimistic vision for biosciences in South Africa: Reply to Thaldar et al. (2019)
  • An In Vitro and In Vivo Comparison of Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells
  • Fate of systemically and locally administered adipose‐derived mesenchymal stromal cells and their effect on wound healing
  • Barriers to Implementing Clinical Pharmacogenetics Testing in Sub-Saharan Africa. A Critical Review
  • Establishment and equilibrium levels of deleterious mutations in large populations
  • Lessons Learned from Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer
  • Similarities between Tumour Immune Response and Chronic Wound Microenvironment: Influence of Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells
  • A COVID-19 Vaccine: Big Strides Come with Big Challenges
  • Characterization of Signalling Pathways That Link Apoptosis and Autophagy to Cell Death Induced by Estrone Analogues Which Reversibly Depolymerize Microtubules
  • Author Correction: Establishment and equilibrium levels of deleterious mutations in large populations
  • Molecular mechanisms underpinning sarcomas and implications for current and future therapy
  • Single-Cell Transcriptome Analysis of Human Adipose-Derived Stromal Cells Identifies a Contractile Cell Subpopulation
  • Sexual Dimorphism in Changes That Occur in Tissues, Organs and Plasma during the Early Stages of Obesity Development
  • Slc7a8 deletion is protective against diet-induced obesity and attenuates lipid accumulation in multiple organs
  • Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome: What should we look out for in South Africa?
  • Enabling the use of health data for research: Developing a POPIA code of conduct for research in South Africa
  • Privacy rights of human research participants in South Africa must be taken seriously
  • Development of an off-the-shelf CAR T-cell therapy for HIV: a step towards a universally accessible advanced therapy
  • LANCE
  • Letter to the editor: Privacy rights of human research participants in South Africa must be taken seriously
  • Privacy rights of human research participants in South Africa must be taken seriously
  • Perspectives on establishing a public cord blood inventory in South Africa
  • Inclusivity and diversity: Integrating international perspectives on stem cell challenges and potential
  • Resource allocation during covid-19: A focus on vulnerable populations
  • The Deep Genome Project
  • Access to novel therapies for COVID-19-distributive justice and Russian roulette?
  • A prospective observational study of developmental outcomes in survivors of neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in South Africa
  • Rapid evolution of our understanding of the pathogenesis of COVID-19 - implications for therapy
  • The Genetic Discrimination Observatory: confronting novel issues in genetic discrimination
  • Viruses, variants and vaccines
  • Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome: What should we look out for in South Africa?
  • The COVID-19 Treatment Landscape: A South African Perspective on a Race Against Time
  • Amplification of 3q26.2, 5q14.3, 8q24.3, 8q22.3, and 14q32.33 Are Possible Common Genetic Alterations in Oral Cancer Patients
  • Research in COVID-19 times: The way forward
  • The impact of obesity on the cellular and molecular pathophysiology of COVID-19
  • Contact tracing during the covid-19 pandemic: Protection of personal information in south africa
  • Lessons learned from somatic cell nuclear transfer
  • Who is responsible for protecting my health during the COVID- 19 pandemic?
  • Who is responsible for protecting my health during the COVID- 19 pandemic?
  • Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: a Possible Reservoir for HIV-1?
  • Step-by-step assembly and testing of a low-cost bioprinting solution for research and educational purposes
  • Equitable access to cell and gene therapies in South Africa: opportunities and hurdles
  • Deoxyribonucleic Acid Damage and Repair: Capitalizing on Our Understanding of the Mechanisms of Maintaining Genomic Integrity for Therapeutic Purposes
  • The African Genomic Medicine Training Initiative (AGMT): showcasing a community and framework driven genomic medicine training for nurses in Africa
  • Effect of genetic variation in UGT1A and ABCB1 on moxifloxacin pharmacokinetics in South African patients with tuberculosis
  • Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in South Africa: Current limitations and future perspectives
  • Stem cell tourism and spinal cord injury in South Africa
  • Cell and gene therapy–New medicines on the horizon
  • Abstract B36: Contrasting views on the role of mesenchymal stem cells in tumor progression: A systematic review
  • Clinical Safety and Applications of Stem Cell Gene Therapy
  • 12.30 In Vivo Tracking Of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells During Physiological Wound Repair
  • Establishment and equilibrium levels of deleterious mutations in large populations
  • Cystic Fibrosis in the African Diaspora
  • Targeting the aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator complex with DMOG and Stemregenin 1 improves primitive hematopoietic stem cell expansion
  • Reactive Oxygen Species and NOX Enzymes Are Emerging as Key Players in Cutaneous Wound Repair
  • Application of the AMLprofiler Diagnostic Microarray in the South African Setting
  • The Role of Tumor Microenvironment in Chemoresistance: To Survive, Keep Your Enemies Closer
  • Human Leukocyte Antigen-A, B, C, DRB1, and DQB1 Allele and Haplotype Frequencies in a Subset of 237 Donors in the South African Bone Marrow Registry
  • Factors Influencing the Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Industry: An Evolving Treatment Landscape
  • An in vitro and in vivo study on the properties of hollow polycaprolactone cell-delivery particles
  • Cystic fibrosis in South Africa: A changing diagnostic paradigm
  • Exporting DNA – Striking a balance between preventing exploitation and promoting innovation
  • Effect of genetic variation in UGT1A and ABCB1 on moxifloxacin pharmacokinetics in South African patients with tuberculosis
  • AMLprofiler: A diagnostic and prognostic microarray for acute myeloid leukemia
  • ASSAf consensus study on the ethical, legal and social implications of genetics and genomics in South Africa
  • Side Population: Its Use in the Study of Cellular Heterogeneity and as a Potential Enrichment Tool for Rare Cell Populations
  • Special edition of the SAMJ devoted to cell and gene therapy
  • Primary immunodeficiency in Africa–a review
  • Non‐nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor levels among HIV‐exposed uninfected infants at the time of HIV PCR testing–findings from a tertiary healthcare facility in …
  • Molecular profile of tongue cancer in an 18‐year‐old female patient with no recognizable risk factor
  • Erratum: Pharmacogenetic comparison of CYP2D6 predictive and measured phenotypes in a South African cohort
  • Genome technologies, precision medicine and innovative therapies
  • Comparison of human platelet lysate alternatives using expired and freshly isolated platelet concentrates for adipose-derived stromal cell expansion
  • Molecular profile of tongue cancer in an 18-year-old female patient with no recognizable risk factor
  • Stem cell therapy for neurological disorders
  • Cell and gene therapies at the forefront of innovative medical care: Implications for South Africa
  • Reference Gene Expression in Adipose-Derived Stromal Cells Undergoing Adipogenic Differentiation
  • Safeguarding the future of genomic research in South Africa: Broad consent and the Protection of Personal Information Act No. 4 of 2013
  • Ethical considerations in the application of cell and gene therapies in children
  • Cancer stem cells in head and neck carcinomas: Identification and possible therapeutic implications
  • The role of reactive oxygen species in adipogenic differentiation
  • Contrasting views on the role of mesenchymal stromal/stem cells in tumour growth: A systematic review of experimental design
  • Transplantation of gene-modified haematopoietic stem cells: Application and clinical considerations
  • Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor levels among HIV-exposed uninfected infants at the time of HIV PCR testing – findings from a tertiary healthcare facility in Pretoria, South Africa
  • HIV and haematopoiesis
  • An early infant HIV risk score for targeted HIV testing at birth
  • Gene and cell therapy in South Africa: Current status and future prospects
  • Heterozygosity of p16 expression in an oral squamous cell carcinoma with associated loss of heterozygosity and copy number alterations
  • Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) diversity and clinical applications in South Africa
  • Heterogeneity of cell therapy products
  • Strategies for screening cord blood for a public cord blood bank in high HIV prevalence regions
  • Transplantation of gene-modified haematopoietic stem cells: Application and clinical considerations
  • Human tissue legislation in South Africa: Focus on stem cell research and therapy
  • Isolation and characterization of adipose-derived stromal cells
  • Pharmacogenetic comparison of CYP2D6 predictive and measured phenotypes in a South African cohort
  • Pharmacogenomics for infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: successes and opportunities
  • Ownership and human tissue–the legal conundrum: A response to Jordaan’s critique
  • Supplementary Materials: Fibroblast-Derived Extracellular Matrix Induces Chondrogenic Differentiation in Human Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells in Vitro
  • CRISPR-Cas: Revolutionising genome engineering
  • Impact of CYP2D6 genotype on amitriptyline efficacy for the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy: A pilot study
  • Erratum: Cystic fibrosis on the African continent (Genetics in Medicine (2015) DOi:10.1038/gim.2015.157)
  • Evaluation of predictive CYP2C19 genotyping assays relative to measured phenotype in a South African cohort
  • Homing properties of mesenchymal stromal cells
  • Pharmacogenetic comparison of CYP2D6 predictive and measured phenotypes in a South African cohort
  • Pharmacogenomics for infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: Successes and opportunities
  • Cystic fibrosis on the African continent
  • Biotechnology innovators to convene in Cape Town, South Africa: Pharmacogenetics and precision medicine conference (April 7-9, 2016)
  • Ownership and human tissue – The legal conundrum: A response to Jordaan’s critique
  • Pharmacogenomics and global precision medicine in the context of adverse drug reactions: Top 10 opportunities and challenges for the next decade
  • Altered expression of platelet factor 4 and basic fibroblast growth factor correlates with the inhibition of tumor growth in mice
  • Wharton's Jelly-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Fibroblast-Derived Extracellular Matrix Synergistically Activate Apoptosis in a p21-Dependent Mechanism in WHCO1 and MDA MB 231 Cancer Cells in Vitro
  • The state of gene therapy research in Africa, its significance and implications for the future
  • Implications of direct-to-consumer whole-exome sequencing in South Africa
  • Whole-genome sequencing for an enhanced understanding of genetic variation among South Africans
  • HLA typing: Conventional techniques v. next-generation sequencing
  • Social justice and research using human biological material: A right to respond
  • Human leukocyte antigen diversity: A Southern African perspective
  • Mitochondrial transfer: Implications for assisted reproductive technologies
  • Genome-wide analysis of gene expression during adipogenesis in human adipose-derived stromal cells reveals novel patterns of gene expression during adipocyte differentiation
  • Constituting a public umbilical cord blood bank in South Africa
  • Biocompatibility and biodegradation of protein microparticle and film scaffolds made from kafirin (sorghum prolamin protein) subcutaneously implanted in rodent models
  • Novel fl ow cytometric approach for the detection of adipocyte subpopulations during adipogenesis
  • The FitTrack Index as fitness indicator: A pilot study
  • Could we offer mitochondrial donation or similar assisted reproductive technology to South African patients with mitochondrial DNA disease?
  • Identification of transcription factors potentially involved in human adipogenesis in vitro
  • Gender and sexual diversity – changing paradigms in an ever-changing world
  • Fibroblast-derived extracellular matrix induces chondrogenic differentiation in human adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal/stem cells in vitro
  • Human adipose derived mesenchymal stromal cells transduced with GFP lentiviral vectors: assessment of immunophenotype and differentiation capacity in vitro
  • Stem Cell Therapy: Accepted Therapies, Managing the Hope of Society, and a Legal Perspective
  • Cord blood stem cell banking
  • Harvesting and collection of adipose tissue for the isolation of adipose-derived stromal/stem cells
  • Journal of Medical Law and Ethics
  • Isolation and characterization of human adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells and production of GFP-labeled primary cells for in vivo tracking following transplantation
  • Manipulating the Tumor Microenvironment: Opportunities for Therapeutic Targeting
  • Challenges raised by gene editing
  • Transgenic cell selection
  • Novel flow cytometric approach for the detection of adipocyte subpopulations during adipogenesis [S]
  • A global comparative overview of the legal regulation of stem cell research and therapy: lessons for South Africa: legislation
  • Pharmacogenomics and global precision medicine in the context of adverse drug reactions: top 10 opportunities and challenges for the next decade
  • Making the switch: Alternatives to fetal bovine serum for adipose-derived stromal cell expansion
  • Allelic variants of the melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) gene in a South African study group
  • 448. Lentivector Knock-Down of CCR5 in Hematopoietic Stem Cells Confers Functional and Persistent HIV-1 Resistance in Humanized Mice
  • Progresses towards safe and efficient gene therapy vectors
  • CC chemokine receptor type five (CCR5): an emerging target for the control of HIV infection
  • Introduction of the AmpliChip CYP450 Test to a South African cohort: a platform comparative prospective cohort study
  • Inhibition of hemangioma development in a syngeneic mouse model correlates with bcl-2 suppression and the inhibition of Akt kinase activity
  • Opportunities and barriers to establishing a cell therapy programme in South Africa
  • Enactment of Chapter 8 of the National Health Act and regulations thereto
  • Legislation governing pluripotent stem cells in South Africa
  • Lentivector knockdown of CCR5 in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells confers functional and persistent HIV-1 resistance in humanized mice
  • Ethical, legal and social issues in the context of the planning stages of the Southern African Human Genome Programme.
  • Cardiovascular pharmacogenetics
  • Pharmacogenetics of CYP2B6, CYP2A6 and UGT2B7 in HIV treatment in African populations: Focus on efavirenz and nevirapine
  • Introduction of the AmpliChip CYP450 Test to a South African cohort: A platform comparative prospective cohort study
  • The correlation between the health-related fitness of healthy participants measured at home as opposed to fitness measured by sport scientists in a laboratory
  • Understanding the implications of mitochondrial DNA variation in the health of black southern african populations: The 2014 workshop
  • Inhibition of hemangioma development in a syngeneic mouse model correlates with bcl-2 suppression and the inhibition of Akt kinase activity
  • Mutations in C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5) in South African individuals
  • Establishing a public umbilical cord blood stem cell bank for south africa: An enquiry into public acceptability
  • University entrepreneurship in South Africa: Developments in technology transfer practices
  • C-C chemokine receptor type five (CCR5): An emerging target for the control of HIV infection
  • Curbing stem cell tourism in south africa
  • Progresses towards safe and efficient gene therapy vectors
  • Primary and secondary coenzyme Q10 deficiency: The role of therapeutic supplementation
  • Adipocyte and adipogenesis
  • Genomic sovereignty and the african promise: Mining the African genome for the benefit of Africa
  • Cytochrome P450 pharmacogenetics in African populations
  • IL-27 Inhibits lymphatic endothelial cell proliferation by STAT1-regulated gene expression
  • The role of reactive oxygen species in mesenchymal stem cell adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation: A review
  • Lentivector knockdown of CCR5 in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells confers functional and persistent HIV-1 resistance in humanized mice
  • The potential of stem cells in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases
  • Priority pharmacogenetics for the African continent: Focus on CYP450
  • Special issue - Pharmacogenomics & personalized medicine, journal of applied and translational genomics
  • Risperidone-associated adverse drug reactions and CYP2D6 polymorphisms in a South African cohort
  • Opportunities and barriers to establishing a cell therapy programme in South Africa
  • Primary and secondary coenzyme Q10 deficiency: the role of therapeutic supplementation
  • Priority pharmacogenetics for the African continent: focus on CYP450
  • Mitochondrial transfer: Ethical, legal and social implications in assisted reproduction
  • Journal of Medical Law and Ethics
  • The effect of hyperbaric oxygen and blood platelet injection therapy on the healing of hamstring injuries in rugby players
  • Kalvyn Schoeman van Eeden-obituary: izindaba
  • Journal of Medical Law and Ethics
  • Evaluation Of The AMLprofiler in The South African Context: Report On Preliminary Findings
  • SAJBL: Flagship special stem cell edition
  • Stem cell tourism in South Africa: a legal update: stem cell tourism
  • Pharmacogenetics of CYP2B6, CYP2A6 and UGT2B7 in HIV treatment in African populations: focus on efavirenz and nevirapine
  • Mutations in CC chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5) in South African individuals
  • Seminar: Inflammation, obesity and diabetes: a novel face of a fragile balance
  • The legal position on the classification of human tissue in South Africa: Can tissues be owned?
  • PRIORITY PHARMACOGENETICS FOR AFRICA: ESTABLISHMENT OF A PAN-AFRICAN INITIATIVE: 554
  • Pharmacogenomics & personalized medicine, Journal of Applied and Translational Genomics
  • mTOR/PI3k/Akt SIGNALING PATHWAY IN TUMOR ANGIOGENESIS AND THERAPEUTIC TARGETING
  • Launch of the Southern African Human Genome Programme: correspondence
  • Methods and Compositions for Directing Migration of Neural Progenitor Cells
  • Preface-Angiogenesis in development and cancer today.
  • The application of the Consumer Protection Act in the South African health care context: concerns and recommendations
  • PHARMACOGENETICS AND PHARMACOGENOMICS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
  • Abstract# 2002: VEGFR-3 and Prox1 are elevated by NF-\# 954; B during inflammatory lymphangiogenesis
  • Research Note: Technology Transfer Practices at South African Universities and Science Councils
  • The healing power of stem cells: why we need rules: correspondence
  • Cell-based therapy - navigating troubled waters
  • The genetics of obesity: The role of the melanocortin 4 receptor
  • Launch of the Southern African Human Genome Programme
  • The human genome and molecular medicine -promises and pitfalls
  • The stem cell regulatory environment in South Africa - Cause for concern
  • The Consumer Protection Act: No-fault liability of health care providers
  • Partial relief from the regulatory vacuum involving human tissues through enactment of chapter 8 of the National Health Act and regulations thereto
  • Mixed Arterio-Venous Insufficiency in Random Skin Flaps in the Rat: Is the Application of Medicinal Leeches Beneficial?
  • Quantitative plasma analysis using automated online solid-phase extraction with column switching LC-MS/MS for characterising cytochrome P450 2D6 and 2C19 metabolism
  • IL-20 activates human lymphatic endothelial cells causing cell signalling and tube formation
  • Stem cell research engenders interdisciplinary collaboration in science, ethics and religion
  • Inflammation induces lymphangiogenesis through up-regulation of VEGFR-3 mediated by NF-κB and Prox1
  • A comparative study on the anti-angiogenic effects of DNA-damaging and cytoskeletal-disrupting agents
  • The healing power of stem cells: Why we need rules
  • Regaining perspective on stem cells
  • Pharmacogenomic research in South Africa: Lessons learned and future opportunities in the rainbow nation
  • Lymphatic endothelial cells: establishment of primaries and characterization of established lines.
  • The lymphatic vascular system in lymphangiogenesis invasion and metastasis a mathematical approach
  • Human lymphatic endothelial cells express multiple functional TLRs
  • Hemangiomas - current therapeutic strategies
  • Lymphatic expression of CLEVER-1 in breast cancer and its relationship with lymph node metastasis
  • Pilot Social Feasibility Study for the Establishment of a Public Human Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank in South Africa
  • Banning private stem cell banks: A human rights analysis
  • Hypoxic preconditioning increases skin oxygenation and viability but does not alter VEGF expression or vascular density
  • Circulating and imaging markers for angiogenesis
  • Inflammation induces lymphangiogenesis through up-regulation of VEGFR-3 mediated by NF-κB and Prox1
  • Is South Africa on the verge of a medical malpractice litigation storm?
  • Pilot social feasibility study for the establishment of a public human umbilical cord blood stem cell bank in South Africa
  • Role of CLEVER-1 in breast cancer metastasis
  • Stem cells: current reality & future promise
  • The application of the Consumer Protection Act in the South African health care context: concerns and recommendations
  • EVALUATION OF THE ANTIANGIOGENIC EFFECTS OF BLEOMYCIN IN VITRO
  • " A room of our own?" Legal lacunae regarding genomic sovereignty in South Africa
  • Early changes following bariatric surgery in South Africa
  • Pharmacogenomic research in South Africa: lessons learned and future opportunities in the rainbow nation
  • A Room of Our Own: Legal Lacunae regarding Genomic Sovereignty in South Africa
  • Partial relief from the regulatory vacuum involving human tissues through enactment of chapter 8 of the National Health Act and regulations thereto
  • Medicine and the law: Partial relief from the regulatory vacuum involving human tissues through enactment of chapter 8 of the National Health Act and regulations thereto
  • Myofibroblasts Play A Key Role In Delayed Wound Healing In Ischemia: OP17–3
  • FOCUSED CONFERENCE GROUP: P13-MAXIMISING BENEFITS AND MINIMIZING HARMS FROM DRUGS CYP2D6 AND CYP2C19: A COMPARISON OF DIRECT VERSUS PREDICTED PHENOTYPING IN A SOUTH AFRICAN …
  • AmpliChip CYP450 genotype profiling for improving treatment outcomes in psychiatric patients
  • O-87 The role of CLEVER-1 in breast tumour metastasis
  • Obesity in South Africa
  • Involvement of the VEGF receptor 3 in tubular morphogenesis demonstrated with a human anti-human VEGFR-3 monoclonal antibody that antagonizes receptor activation by VEGF-C
  • Lymphangiogenesis and tumour metastasis
  • Novel tempeh (fermented soyabean) isoflavones inhibit in vivo angiogenesis in the chicken chorioallantoic membrane assay
  • Sustained weight loss after an 18 month period of intensive obesity intervention and the successful use of pro-BNP to exclude cardiac disease
  • Persistent Ischemia Impairs Myofibroblast Development in Wound Granulation Tissue a New Model of Delayed Wound Healing
  • RAPID AND SHORT COMMUNICATIONS-Downregulation of vascular endothelial-cadherin expression is associated with an increase in vascular tumor growth and hemorrhagic complications
  • Lymphatic vessel density and VEGF-C expression correlate with malignant behavior in human pancreatic endocrine tumors
  • Polymorphisms in the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene and the tendency for aneurysm rupture
  • Sustained weight loss after an 18-month period of intensive obesity intervantion and the successful use of pro-BNP to exclude cardiac disease
  • Le rôle des récepteurs à VEGF dans la régulation de l'angiogenèse
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  • Lymphangiogenesis and tumour metastasis
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  • Lymphatic vessel density in the neoplastic progression of Barrett's oesophagus to adenocarcinoma
  • Expression and localization of VEGF-C and VEGFR-3 in glioblastomas and haemangioblastomas
  • Lymphangiogenesis in human gynaecological cancers
  • Lymphatic vessel density and vascular endothelial growth factor-C expression correlate with malignant behavior in human pancreatic endocrine tumors
  • Active-site inactivated FVIIa decreases thrombosis and necrosis in a random skin flap model of acute ischemia
  • Generation and characterization of telomerase-transfected human lymphatic endothelial cells with an extended life span
  • Hereditary vascular anomalies: New insights into their pathogenesis
  • Tetracycline-regulated expression of VEGF-A in beta cells induces angiogenesis: Improvement of engraftment following transplantation
  • Involvement of the VEGF receptor 3 in tubular morphogenesis demonstrated with a human anti-human VEGFR-3 monoclonal antibody that antagonizes receptor activation by VEGF-C
  • Polymorphisms in the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene and the tendency for aneurysm rupture
  • Immunohistochemical quantification of lymph vessels, VEGF-C and VEGF receptor 3 in human sarcomas [1]
  • Bovine microvascular endothelial cells immortalized with human telomerase
  • 8-Prenylnaringenin, a Novel Phytoestrogen, Inhibits Angiogenesis in Vitro and in Vivo
  • Membrane-type-1 matrix metalloproteinase confers tumorigenicity on nonmalignant epithelial cells
  • Obesity in South Africa
  • Novel tempeh (fermented soyabean) isoflavones inhibit in vivo angiogenesis in the chicken chorioallantoic membrane assay
  • Persistent ischemia impairs myofibroblast development in wound granulation tissue: A new model of delayed wound healing
  • First international consensus on the methodology of lymphangiogenesis quantification in solid human tumours
  • Downregulation of vascular endothelial-cadherin expression is associated with an increase in vascular tumor growth and hemorrhagic complications
  • Progressive tissue injury in burns is reduced by rNAPc2
  • Interferon alpha And Bleomycin exert Antiangiogenic Activity Through Different Mechanisms
  • FAMILIAL PREDISPOSITION TO TUFTED ANGIOMA: IDENTIFICATION OF BLOOD AND LYMPHATIC VASCULAR COMPONENTS
  • Ets 1 is expressed in capillary blood vessels but not in lymphatics
  • Persistent ischemia impairs myofibroblast development in wound granulation tissue: a new model of delayed wound healing
  • Progressive tissue injury in burns is reduced by rNAPc2
  • HETEROGENEITY OF SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL POPULATIONS CULTURED FROM PIG CORONARY ARTERY
  • Haemangiomas are formed by cells expressing high levels of α vβ3 integrin and lacking acetylated LDL uptake
  • Dissecting the role of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and integrin αvβ3 in angiogenesis in vitro: Absence of hemopexin C domain bioactivity, but membrane-type 1-MMP and α vβ3 are critical
  • Altered signalling of an inhibitory VEGF-A splice variant results from a defect in heparin binding; implications for angiogenesis in development and tissue repair: C3-016P
  • Porcine coronary artery smooth muscle cells are phenotypically heterogeneous
  • Overexpression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A165 Enhances Tumor Angiogenesis but not Metastasis during...
  • Regulated gene expression of VEGF-164 by pancreatic beta-cells improves revascularization and engraftment after transplantation
  • VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR (VEGF) RECEPTOR-2 SIGNALING MEDIATES VEGF-CΔNΔC-AND VEGF-A-INDUCED ANGIOGENESIS IN VITRO
  • VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR (VEGF) RECEPTOR-2 ANTAGONISTS INHIBIT VEGF-AND BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR-INDUCED ANGIOGENESIS IN VIVO AND IN VITRO
  • Angiogenesis-regulating cytokines
  • Capillary morphogenesis in vitro: cytokine interactions and balanced proteolysis
  • Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor-2 signaling mediates VEGF-CΔNΔC-and VEGF-A-induced angiogenesis in vitro
  • Regular Articles-Tumor Biology-Overexpression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A165 Enhances Tumor Angiogenesis but not Metastasis during b-Cell Carcinogenesis.
  • CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY-Lectin-deficient TNF mutants display comparable tumour but reduced pro-metastatic potential as compared to the wild-type molecule Published online …
  • Growth Factor Regulation of Physiologic Angiogenesis in the Mammary Gland
  • Extracellular proteolysis and angiogenesis
  • Lymphangiogenesis and tumor metastasis
  • Overexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor-A165 enhances tumor angiogenesis but not metastasis during β-cell carcinogenesis
  • Erratum: Molecular characterization of lymphatic endothelial cells (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (December 10, 2002) 99: 25 (16069-16074))
  • Increased angiostatin levels in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids from ARDS patients and from human volunteers after lung instillation of endotoxin
  • αvβ3 and αvβ5 integrin antagonists inhibit angiogenesis in vitro
  • Lymphatic dissemination of tumour cells and the formation of micrometastases
  • Visualizing function in the tumor-associated lymphatic system
  • Ets I is expressed in capillary blood vessels but not in lymphatics
  • Delivery of FGF-2 but not VEGF by encapsulated genetically engineered myoblasts improves survival and vascularization in a model of acute skin flap ischemia
  • Lymphatic endothelium: Morphological, molecular and functional properties
  • Characterization of indolinones which preferentially inhibit VEGF-C- and VEGF-D-induced activation of VEGFR-3 rather than VEGFR-2
  • Heterogeneity of smooth muscle cell populations cultured from pig coronary artery
  • FGF-2 promotes disassembly of actin cytoskeleton and shape changes in murine vascular cells
  • Familial predisposition to tufted angioma: Identification of blood and lymphatic vascular components
  • Microscopy: An art?
  • Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor-2 signaling mediates VEGF-CΔNΔC- and VEGF-A-induced angiogenesis in vitro
  • A model for co-expression pattern analysis of genes implicated in angiogenesis and tumour cell invasion in cervical cancer
  • Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-C and VEGF-D, and their receptor VEGFR-3, during different stages of cervical carcinogenesis
  • VEGF is a chemoattractant for FGF-2-stimulated neural progenitors
  • Literature watch. FOXC2 haploinsufficient mice are a model for human autosomal dominant lymphedema-distichiasis syndrome.
  • Mesenchymal cells potentiate vascular endothelial growth factor-induced angiogenesis in vitro
  • Molecular characterization of lymphatic endothelial cells
  • Lymphangiogenesis and tumor metastasis
  • Molecular characterization of lymphatic endothelial cells
  • Literature Watch
  • Molecular characterization of lymphatic endothelial cells (vol 99, pg 16069, 2002)
  • Molecular characterization of lymphatic endothelial cells
  • human VEGFR-3 monoclonal antibody that antagonizes receptor activation by VEGF-C
  • Lymphatic endotheliumAbbreviations used in this paper: BEC, blood endothelial cell; CCL, chemokine ligand; CCR, chemokine receptor; CLEVER-1, common lymphatic endothelial and …
  • RETROVIRAL TRANSDUCTION OF PANCREATIC BETACELLS BY VEGF-164 IMPROVES GLYCEMIC CONTROL IN A SYNGENEIC MODEL OF ISLET CELL TRANSPLANTATION: 0129
  • Therapeutic and diagnostic methods and compositions based on jagged/notch proteins and nucleic acids
  • Overexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor-A165 enhances tumor angiogenesis but not metastasis during β-cell carcinogenesis
  • Inhibition of endothelial wound repair by dominant negative connexin inhibitors
  • MESENCHYMAL CELLS POTENTIATE VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR-INDUCED ANGIOGENESIS IN VITRO
  • Ets 1 and lymphangiogenesis
  • Increased angiostatin levels in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids from ARDS patients and from human volunteers after lung instillation of endotoxin
  • Role of the Plasminogen Activator-Plasmin System in Angiogenesis
  • 2 Angiogenesis-Regulating Cytokines
  • Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor-2 antagonists inhibit VEGF-and basic fibroblast growth factor-induced angiogenesis in vivo and in vitro
  • Lymphangiogenesis and biological activity ov vascular endothelial growth factor-C
  • Posttranscriptional stimulation of endothelial cell matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 1 by endothelioma cells
  • Original Contributions-Vascular Biology-Regulation of Angiopoietin-2 mRNA Levels in Bovine Microvascular Endothelial Cells by Cytokines and Hypoxia
  • REVIEW ARTICLES-Vascular angiogenesis and morphogenesis of the vascular tree from cell biology to clinical findings
  • Vascular angiogenesis and morphogenesis of the vascular tree: From cell biology to clinical findings,Angiogenese et morphogenese de l'arbre vasculaire: De la biologie cellulaire a la clinique
  • Role of the matrix metalloproteinase and plasminogen activator-plasmin systems in angiogenesis
  • Lymphangiogenesis and tumor metastasis: Myth or reality?
  • Synergistic induction of t-PA by vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor and localization of t-PA to Weibel-Palade bodies in bovine microvascular endothelial cells
  • Constitutively active mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase MEK1 disrupts morphogenesis and induces an invasive phenotype in Madin-Darby canine kidney epithelial cells
  • Lymphangiogenesis and tumor metastasis: More questions than answers
  • FGF-2 stimulates migration of Kaposi's sarcoma-like vascular cells by HGF-dependent relocalization of the urokinase receptor
  • Synergistic induction of t-PA by VEGF and bFGF and localization of t-PA to WeibelPalade bodies in bovine microvascular endothelial (BME) cells
  • Multiple forms of angiostatin induce apoptosis in endothelial cells
  • Inducible and irreversible control of gene expression using a single transgene.
  • Endothelial cell integrin α5β1 expression is modulated by cytokines and during migration in vitro
  • Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor-2 antagonists inhibit VEGF- and basic fibroblast growth factor-induced angiogenesis in vivo and in vitro
  • Characterization of novel clonal murine endothelial cell lines with an extended life span
  • Lectin-deficient TNF mutants display comparable anti-tumour but reduced pro-metastatic potential as compared to the wild-type molecule
  • Thrombospondin-1 is downregulated by anoxia and suppresses tumorigenicity of human glioblastoma cells
  • Inhibition of endothelial wound repair by dominant negative connexin inhibitors
  • Response of bovine endothelial cells to FGF-2 and VEGF is dependent on their site of origin: Relevance to the regulation of angiogenesis
  • Regulation of VEGF and VEGF receptor expression in the rodent mammary gland during pregnancy, lactation, and involution
  • Lymphangiogenesis and lymph node microdissemination
  • Phytoestrogens and inhibition of angiogenesis
  • Retinoic acid regulates arterial smooth muscle cell proliferation and phenotypic features in vivo and in vitro through an RARα-dependent signaling pathway
  • Vascular endothelial growth factor-C-mediated lymphangiogenesis promotes tumour metastasis
  • Elevated levels of angiogenic cytokines in the plasma of cancer patients
  • New role for tRNA and its fragment purified from human urinary bladder carcinoma conditioned medium: Inhibition of endothelial cell growth
  • Pediatric medulloblastoma: Prognostic value of p53, bcl-2, Mib-1, and microvessel density
  • Plasminogen activator expression in rat arterial smooth muscle cells depends on their phenotype and is modulated by cytokines
  • Both TNF receptors are required for direct TNF-mediated cytotoxicity in microvascular endothelial cells
  • Posttranscriptional stimulation of endothelial cell matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 1 by endothelioma cells
  • Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in digestive neuroendocrine tumours
  • Hypoxia-inducible angiopoietin-2 expression is mimicked by iodonium compounds and occurs in the rat brain and skin in response to systemic hypoxia and tissue ischemia
  • Signalling properties of an HIV-encoded angiogenic peptide mimicking vascular endothelial growth factor activity
  • Lymphangiogenesis and biological activity ov vascular endothelial growth factor-C,Lymphangiogenèse et activité biologique du facteur de croissance vasculaire endothélial-C.
  • Chromogranin A alters ductal morphogenesis and increases deposition of basement membrane components by mammary epithelial cells in vitro
  • 7Phytoestrogens and inhibition of angiogenesis
  • Lectin‐deficient TNF mutants display comparable anti‐tumour but reduced pro‐metastatic potential as compared to the wild‐type molecule
  • Angiogenèse et morphogenèse de l'arbre vasculaire: de la biologie cellulaire à la clinique.
  • New role for tRNA and its fragment purified from human urinary bladder carcinoma conditioned medium: inhibition of endothelial cell growth
  • Inducible and irreversible control of gene expression using a single transgene
  • Vascular Morphogenesis in the Mammary Gland: Introduction and Overview
  • Lymphangiogenèse et activité biologique du facteur de croissance vasculaire endothélial-C
  • Tribute to Werner Risau: December 18, 1953–December 13, 1998
  • Nasty Endings 2
  • Pediatric medulloblastoma: prognostic value of p53, bcl-2, Mib-1, and microvessel density
  • Multiple forms of angiostatin induce apoptosis in endothelial cells
  • Plasminogen activator expression in rat arterial smooth muscle cells depends on their phenotype and is modulated by cytokines
  • Inhibition of angiogenesis by tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-3.
  • Three-dimensional in vitro assay of endothelial cell invasion and capillary tube morphogenesis
  • VEGF-B binds to VEGFR-1 and regulates plasminogen activator activity in endothelial cells
  • Inhibitors of angiogenesis in human urine
  • Modulation of clusterin gene expression in the rat mammary gland during pregnancy, lactation, and involution
  • Facts and faces
  • ANGIOGENESIS: A BALANCE BETWEEN POSITIVE & NEGATIVE REGULATORS: 214
  • Endothelial cells from human blood capillaries also express the epidermal fatty acid-binding protein.
  • Angiogenesis-regulating cytokines: Activities and interactions
  • Hémangiomes et malformations vasculaires : Casuistique d'une consultation multidisciplinaire hemangiomas and vascular malformations: experience of a multidisciplinary consultation
  • Flavonoids, dietary-derived inhibitors of cell proliferation and in vitro angiogenesis
  • Inhibition of angiogenesis by tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-3
  • Hepatocyte growth factor stimulates extensive development of branching duct-like structures by cloned mammary gland epithelial cells
  • Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) inhibits angiogenesis in vitro
  • An antisense oligonucleotide to the notch ligand jagged promotes angiogenesis in bovine micro vascular endothelial cells (BMEC) on collagen gels
  • Vascular endothelial growth factor-induced in vitro angiogenesis and plasminogen activator expression are dependent on endogenous basic fibroblast growth factor
  • Genistein, a dietary ingested isoflavonoid, inhibits cell proliferation and in vitro angiogenesis
  • Synergistic effect of hyaluronan oligosaccharides and vascular endothelial growth factor on angiogenesis in vitro
  • Vascular endothelial growth factor is increased in devascularized rat islets of Langerhans in vitro
  • An antisense oligonucleotide to the Notch ligand Jagged enhances fibroblast growth factor-induced angiogenesis in vitro
  • In vitro angiogenic and proteolytic properties of bovine lymphatic endothelial cells
  • Vascular endothelial growth factor B (VEGF-B) binds to VEGF receptor-1 and regulates plasminogen activator activity in endothelial cells
  • Biphasic effect of transforming growth factor-β1on in vitro angiogenesis
  • Endothelial cells of the human microvasculature express epidermal fatty acid-binding protein
  • Modulation of clusterin gene expression in the rat mammary gland during pregnancy, lactation, and involution
  • Polyoma middle T-induced vascular tumor formation: The role of the plasminogen activator/plasmin system
  • Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-C synergizes with basic fibroblast growth factor and VEGF in the induction of angiogenesis in vitro and alters endothelial cell extracellular proteolytic activity
  • Regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (Flk-1) expression in vascular endothelial cells
  • Transforming growth factor β1 down-regulates vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2/flk-1 expression in vascular endothelial cells
  • Vascular endothelial growth factor increases urokinase receptor expression in vascular endothelial cells
  • Membrane proteases in focus
  • Regulation of angiopoietin-2 mRNA levels in bovine microvascular endothelial cells by cytokines and hypoxia
  • Roles of Hepatocyte Growth Factor/Scatter Factor and Transforming Growth Factor-β1in Mammary Gland Ductal Morphogenesis
  • PDGF-BB increases endothelial migration and cord movements during angiogenesis in vitro
  • Angiogenesis: A paradigm for balanced extracellular proteolysis during cell migration and morphogenesis
  • The endogenous oestrogen metabolite 2-methoxyoestradiol inhibits angiogenesis and suppresses tumour growth
  • Modulation of bovine microvascular endothelial cell proteolytic properties by inhibitors of angiogenesis
  • Manipulating angiogenesis: From basic science to the bedside
  • Induction of epithelial branching tubulogenesis in vitro
  • Positive and negative regulation of angiogenesis: From cell biology to the clinic
  • Modulationof hepatocyte growth factor and c-met in the rat mammary gland during pregnancy, lactation, and involution
  • Transforming growth factor-beta: Vasculogenesis, angiogenesis, and vessel wall integrity
  • PDGF‐BB increases endothelial migration and cord movements during angiogenesis in vitro
  • Induction of epithelial branching tubulogenesis in vitro
  • Angiogenesis in vitro: cytokine interactions and balanced extracellular proteolysis
  • Therapeutic and diagnostic methods and compositions based on jagged/notch proteins and nucleic acids
  • MODULATION OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR EXPRESSION IN ISOLATED ISLETS OF LANGERHANS: 219
  • Endothelial cells from human skin express epidermal fatty acid-binding protein (E-FABP).
  • REGULATION OF ANGIOGENESIS IN-VITRO-CYTOKINE INTERACTIONS AND BALANCED EXTRACELLULAR PROTEOLYSIS
  • Endothelial cells transformed by polyoma virus middle T oncogene: a model for hemangiomas and other vascular tumors
  • Proteolytic balance and capillary morphogenesis in vitro
  • Dance: A suitable form of exercise? A physiological appraisal
  • Modulation of angiogenesis in vitro.
  • Paracrine induction of angiogenesis in vitro by Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts
  • Coupling and connexin 43 expression in microvascular and large vessel endothelial cells
  • Proteolytic balance and capillary morphogenesis in vitro.
  • Hepatocyte growth factor increases urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA) and u-PA receptor expression in Madin-Darby canine kidney epithelial cells
  • Plasminogen activator inhibitor‐1 is induced in migrating endothelial cells
  • Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) induces plasminogen activators and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in microvascular endothelial cells
  • Upregulation of urokinase receptor expression on migrating endothelial cells
  • Transforming growth factor-beta 1 modulates basic fibroblast growth factor-induced proteolytic and angiogenic properties of endothelial cells in vitro
  • Differential expression of gap junction connexins in endocrine and exocrine glands
  • Urokinase-type plasminogen activator is induced in migrating capillary endothelial cells
  • Proteolytic balance and capillary morphogenesis
  • Potent synergism between vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor in the induction of angiogenesis in vitro
  • In vivo modulation of connexin 43 gene expression and junctional coupling of pancreatic B-cells
  • Increased proteolytic activity is responsible for the aberrant morphogenetic behavior of endothelial cells expressing the middle T oncogene
  • Chondrocytes inhibit endothelial sprout formation in vitro: Evidence for involvement of a transforming growth factor‐beta
  • Genistein, a dietary-derived inhibitor of in vitro angiogenesis
  • Junctional communication is induced in migrating capillary endothelial cells
  • Induction of angiogenesis in vitro by vanadate, an inhibitor of phosphotyrosine phosphatases
  • Basic fibroblast growth factor increases junctional communication and connexin 43 expression in microvascular endothelial cells
  • Phorbol ester induces cultured endothelial cells to invade a fibrin matrix in the presence of fibrinolytic inhibitors
  • Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 is induced in microvascular endothelial cells by a chondrocyte-derived transforming growth factor-beta
  • Modulation of angiogenesis in vitro
  • Angiogenesis InVitro: Morphogenetic and Invasive Properties of Endothelial Cells
  • Angiogenesis in vitro: interactions between angiogenesis-modulating cytokines and the role of balanced extracellular proteolysis
  • Invasive properties of endothelial cells: contributions to the process of angiogenesis
  • ENDOTHELIAL CELL-MATRIX INTERACTIONS IN ANGIOGENESIS
  • Proteolytic balance and capillary morphogenesis in vitro
  • Slc7a8 Deletion Is Protective against Diet-Induced Obesity and Attenuates Lipid Accumulation in Multiple Organs
  • Social Media and COVID-19—Perceptions and Public Deceptions of Ivermectin, Colchicine and Hydroxychloroquine: Lessons for Future Pandemics
  • Special issue - Pharmacogenomics & personalized medicine, journal of applied and translational genomics
  • Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor-2 signaling mediates VEGF-CΔNΔC- and VEGF-A-induced angiogenesis in vitro
  • Dissecting the role of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and integrin αvβ3 in angiogenesis in vitro: Absence of hemopexin C domain bioactivity, but membrane-type 1-MMP and α vβ3 are critical
  • Haemangiomas are formed by cells expressing high levels of α vβ3 integrin and lacking acetylated LDL uptake
  • Roles of Hepatocyte Growth Factor/Scatter Factor and Transforming Growth Factor-β1in Mammary Gland Ductal Morphogenesis
  • Biphasic effect of transforming growth factor-β1on in vitro angiogenesis
  • Pharmacogenetics of CYP2A6, CYP2B6, and UGT2B7 in the Context of HIV Treatments in African Populations
  • Effect of 2‐methoxyestradiol treatment on early‐ and late‐stage breast cancer progression in a mouse model
  • Global disparities in cystic fibrosis outcomes prior to CFTR modulators: A CF registries cohort study in South Africa and Canada
  • Considerations for enhanced mesenchymal stromal/stem cell myogenic commitment in vitro
  • Sulfamoylated Estradiol Analogs Targeting the Actin and Microtubule Cytoskeletons Demonstrate Anti-Cancer Properties In Vitro and In Ovo
  • Extensive immunophenotypic sub-population analysis of StemRegenin1 expanded haematopoietic stem/progenitor cells

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