ArticleNature communications2017
Pericyte-expressed Tie2 controls angiogenesis and vessel maturation.
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- Single-cell insights into maladaptive endothelial plasticity and therapeutic targets in diabetic vascular complications.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2026Review
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- Modulation of the Receptor Tyrosine Kinase TIE2/International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles -mediated bone regeneration: mechanisms, targeted delivery, and clinical perspectives in promoting angiogenesis.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Review
- The Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity of Tumor-Associated Stromal Cells: Reprogramming Plasticity to Unlock Precision Cancer Immunotherapy.Cancer communications (London, England) · 2026Review
- Neurovascular Signaling at the Gliovascular Interface: From Flow Regulation to Cognitive Energy Coupling.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Targeting autophagy in dysfunctional tumor vasculature.iScience · 2025Review
- Extracellular matrices regulate extravasation journey of leukocytes and inflammatory tissue fate.eLife · 2025Review
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Abstract
The Tie receptors with their Angiopoietin ligands act as regulators of angiogenesis and vessel maturation. Tie2 exerts its functions through its supposed endothelial-specific expression. Yet, Tie2 is also expressed at lower levels by pericytes and it has not been unravelled through which mechanisms pericyte Angiopoietin/Tie signalling affects angiogenesis. Here we show that human and murine pericytes express functional Tie2 receptor. Silencing of Tie2 in pericytes results in a pro-migratory phenotype. Pericyte Tie2 controls sprouting angiogenesis in in vitro sprouting and in vivo spheroid assays. Tie2 downstream signalling in pericytes involves Calpain, Akt and FOXO3A. Ng2-Cre-driven deletion of pericyte-expressed Tie2 in mice transiently delays postnatal retinal angiogenesis. Yet, Tie2 deletion in pericytes results in a pronounced pro-angiogenic effect leading to enhanced tumour growth. Together, the data expand and revise the current concepts on vascular Angiopoietin/Tie signalling and propose a bidirectional, reciprocal EC-pericyte model of Tie2 signalling.
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