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ArticleLab on a chip2017

Notch signaling in regulating angiogenesis in a 3D biomimetic environment.

Yi Zheng, Shue Wang, Xufeng Xue, Alan Xu, Wei Liao, Alice Deng, Guohao Dai, Allen P Liu, Jianping Fu

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Article in Lab on a chip, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Angiogenesis: Biological Mechanisms and In Vitro Models.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Yi ZhengDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. jpfu@umich.edu allenliu@umich.edu.
Shue Wang
Xufeng Xue
Alan Xu
Wei Liao
Alice Deng
Guohao Dai
Allen P Liu
Jianping Fu
University of Michigan · USCalifornia University of Pennsylvania · USNortheastern University · USTsinghua University · CN

Funding

Microfluidic Functional Immunophenotyping of Pediatric Patients Following CardiopR01HL119542 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CORNELL, TIMOTHY T, FU, JIANPING · 2014 to 2017
$2.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL119542
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Angiogenesis is a complex cellular process involving highly orchestrated invasion and organization of endothelial cells (ECs) in a three-dimensional (3D) environment. Recent evidence indicates that Notch signaling is critically involved in regulating specialized functions and distinct fates of ECs in newly formed vasculatures during angiogenesis. Here, we demonstrated, for the first time, the application of a microengineered biomimetic system to quantitatively investigate the role of Notch signaling in regulating early angiogenic sprouting and vasculature formation of ECs in a 3D extracellular matrix. Morphological features of angiogenesis including invasion distance, invasion area, and tip cell number were quantified and compared under pharmacological perturbations of Notch signaling. In addition, influences of Notch signaling on EC proliferation in angiogenic vasculatures and directional invasion of tip cells were also investigated. Moreover, leveraging a novel nanobiosensor system, mRNA expression of Dll4, a Notch ligand, was monitored in invading tip cells using live cell imaging during the dynamic angiogenic process. Our data showed that inhibition of Notch signaling resulted in hyper-sprouting endothelial structures, while activation of Notch signaling led to opposite effects. Our results also supported the role of Notch signaling in regulating EC proliferation and dynamic invasion of tip cells during angiogenesis.

Indexed as

BiomimeticsBiosensing TechniquesCell LineCell ProliferationCytological TechniquesFluorescent DyesHumansHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsImage Processing, Computer-AssistedModels, CardiovascularNanotechnologyNeovascularization, PhysiologicReceptors, NotchSignal TransductionFluorescent DyesReceptors, Notch

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PMID28470301
PMCPMC6223016
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