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- Title
Lysophosphatidic acid in vascular development and disease.
- Authors
Teo, Siew T.; Yung, Yun C.; Herr, Deron R.; Chun, Jerold
- Abstract
Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is a small signaling lipid that is capable of stimulating a plethora of different cellular responses through the activation of its family of cognate G protein-coupled receptors. LPA mediates a wide range of biological effects in many tissue types that have been recently reviewed; however, its effects on vasculature development and function have received comparatively less examination. In this review, literature on the actions of LPA in three main aspects of vascular development (vasculogenesis, angiogenesis, and vascular maturation) is discussed. In addition, evidence for the roles of LPA signaling in the formation of secondary vascular structures, such as the blood brain barrier, is considered, consistent with significant roles for LPA signaling in vascular development, function, and disease. © 2009 IUBMB IUBMB Life, 61(8): 791–799, 2009
- Subjects
PLETHORA (Pathology); G proteins; BLOOD vessels; NEOVASCULARIZATION
- Publication
IUBMB Life, 2009, Vol 61, Issue 8, p791
- ISSN
1521-6543
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/iub.220