Wei-Cheng Chen, Ching-Hu Chung, Yung-Chang Lu, Min-Huan Wu, Po-Hsun Chou, Juei-Yu Yen, Yu-Wei Lai, Guo-Shou Wang, Shih-Chia Liu, Jen-Kun Cheng, Yih-Jer Wu, Hung-I Yeh, Li-Yu Wang, Shih-Wei Wang
Bone morphogenetic proteins-2 (BMP-2) is a multifunctional cytokine, capable of governing several cellular functions, including proliferation, motility, differentiation, and angiogenesis. Circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) have been shown to facilitate tissue repair, postnatal neovascularization, and tumor associated angiogenesis. Nevertheless, the impact of BMP-2 on angiogenesis of human EPCs has largely remained a mystery. In this study, we found that BMP-2 promoted cell migration and tube formation of EPCs in a concentration-dependent manner, indicating BMP-2 induced in vitro angiogenesis in human EPCs...
February 16, 2018: Biochemical Pharmacology