Angiogenesis: vascular remodeling of the extracellular matrix involves metalloproteinasesBeate Heissig
Division of Hematology Oncology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA
Curr Opin Hematol 10:136-41. 2003
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Vascular and haematopoietic stem cells: novel targets for anti-angiogenesis therapy?Shahin Rafii
Division of Hematology Oncology, Cornell University Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, Room D601, New York, New York 10021, USA
Nat Rev Cancer 2:826-35. 2002
Angiogenic factors reconstitute hematopoiesis by recruiting stem cells from bone marrow microenvironmentShahin Rafii
Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York 10021, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 996:49-60. 2003
..PlGF promotes recruitment of VEGFR1(+) HSCs from a quiescent to a proliferative microenvironment within the BM, favoring differentiation, mobilization, and reconstitution of hematopoiesis...
Cytokine-mediated deployment of SDF-1 induces revascularization through recruitment of CXCR4+ hemangiocytesDavid K Jin
Department of Genetic Medicine, Division of Hematology Medical Oncology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021, USA
Nat Med 12:557-67. 2006
..Delivery of SDF-1 may be effective in restoring angiogenesis in individuals with vasculopathies...
Interleukin-1alpha promotes angiogenesis in vivo via VEGFR-2 pathway by inducing inflammatory cell VEGF synthesis and secretionPetri Salven
Division of Hematology Oncology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA
FASEB J 16:1471-3. 2002
..This novel mechanism of IL-1alpha-action may enhance the shift to angiogenic phenotype in various conditions designated by excessive angiogenesis...
Chemokine-mediated interaction of hematopoietic progenitors with the bone marrow vascular niche is required for thrombopoiesisScott T Avecilla
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Cornell University Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021, USA
Nat Med 10:64-71. 2004
..Progenitor-active chemokines offer a new strategy to restore hematopoiesis in a clinical setting...
Recruitment of stem and progenitor cells from the bone marrow niche requires MMP-9 mediated release of kit-ligandBeate Heissig
Division of Hematology Oncology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA
Cell 109:625-37. 2002
..Release of sKitL by MMP-9 enables BM repopulating cells to translocate to a permissive vascular niche favoring differentiation and reconstitution of the stem/progenitor cell pool...
The regulation of hematopoietic stem cell and progenitor mobilization by chemokine SDF-1Koichi Hattori
Division of Hematology Oncology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, Room D601 New York, NY 10021, USA
Leuk Lymphoma 44:575-82. 2003
..These studies lay the foundation for using SDF-1 to induce mobilization of progenitor cells in a BM transplantation setting...
Placental growth factor reconstitutes hematopoiesis by recruiting VEGFR1(+) stem cells from bone-marrow microenvironmentKoichi Hattori
Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York, USA
Nat Med 8:841-9. 2002
..Thus, PlGF promotes recruitment of VEGFR1(+) HSCs from a quiescent to a proliferative BM microenvironment, favoring differentiation, mobilization and reconstitution of hematopoiesis...
Contribution of marrow-derived progenitors to vascular and cardiac regenerationShahin Rafii
Cornell University Medical College, New York, USA
Semin Cell Dev Biol 13:61-7. 2002
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Matrix metalloproteinase-9 regulates TNF-alpha and FasL expression in neuronal, glial cells and its absence extends life in a transgenic mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosisMahmoud Kiaei
Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA
Exp Neurol 205:74-81. 2007
..This study provides new mechanism and suggests that MMP inhibitors may offer a new therapeutic strategy for ALS...
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor promotes neovascularization by releasing vascular endothelial growth factor from neutrophilsYuichi Ohki
Department of Cardiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, Japan
FASEB J 19:2005-7. 2005
..Our results indicated that administration of G-CSF into ischemic tissue provides a novel and safe therapeutic strategy to improve neovascularization...
Role of c-kit/Kit ligand signaling in regulating vasculogenesisBeate Heissig
Department of Transfusion Medicine/Stem Cell Biology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Thromb Haemost 90:570-6. 2003
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Molecular pathways regulating mobilization of marrow-derived stem cells for tissue revascularizationSina Y Rabbany
Bioengineering Program, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549, USA
Trends Mol Med 9:109-17. 2003
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Low-dose irradiation promotes tissue revascularization through VEGF release from mast cells and MMP-9-mediated progenitor cell mobilizationBeate Heissig
Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 108 8639, Japan
J Exp Med 202:739-50. 2005
..These data show a novel mechanism of neovascularization and suggest that low-dose irradiation may be used for therapeutic angiogenesis to augment vasculogenesis in ischemic tissues...
A role for niches in hematopoietic cell developmentBeate Heissig
Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
Hematology 10:247-53. 2005
..This review summarizes the recent developments in our understanding of the stem cell niche with particular focus on the HSC niche...
The plasminogen fibrinolytic pathway is required for hematopoietic regenerationBeate Heissig
Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4 6 1 Shirokanedai, Minato ku, Tokyo, 108 8639, Japan
Cell Stem Cell 1:658-70. 2007
..Thus, activation of the fibrinolytic cascade is a critical step in regulating the hematopoietic stress response...
[Bone marrow-derived cells contribute to niche formation in cancer progression]Koichi Hattori
University of Tokyo, Institute of Medical Science, Laboratory of Stem Cell Regulation
Clin Calcium 18:480-7. 2008
..Focus on the early cellular and molecular events in cancer infiltration, metastasis and proliferation will likely lead to new approaches to detect and prevent metastasis at its earliest inception...
Endothelial progenitor cells are cellular hubs essential for neoangiogenesis of certain aggressive adenocarcinomas and metastatic transition but not adenomasRobert S Kerbel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:E54; author reply E55. 2008