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ReviewJournal of biomedical science2019

Active roles of dysfunctional vascular endothelium in fibrosis and cancer.

Tien Hsu, Hieu-Huy Nguyen-Tran, Maria Trojanowska

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Review in Journal of biomedical science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tien HsuDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, National Central University, 300 Jhongda Rd, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Republic of China. tienhsu@ncu.edu.tw.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2308-4297
Hieu-Huy Nguyen-TranDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, National Central University, 300 Jhongda Rd, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Maria TrojanowskaArthritis Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 75 E. Newton St. Evans Building, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
National Central University · TWBoston University · US

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan MOST 106-2320-B-008-007-MY3National Health Research Institute, Taiwan NHRI-EX108-10801BINIH HHS R01AR42334
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic inflammation is the underlying pathological condition that results in fibrotic diseases. More recently, many forms of cancer have also been linked to chronic tissue inflammation. While stromal immune cells and myofibroblasts have been recognized as major contributors of cytokines and growth factors that foster the formation of fibrotic tissue, the endothelium has traditionally been regarded as a passive player in the pathogenic process, or even as a barrier since it provides a physical divide between the circulating immune cells and the inflamed tissues. Recent findings, however, have indicated that endothelial cells in fact play a crucial role in the inflammatory response. Endothelial cells can be activated by cytokine signaling and express inflammatory markers, which can sustain or exacerbate the inflammatory process. For example, the activated endothelium can recruit and activate leukocytes, thus perpetuating tissue inflammation, while sustained stimulation of endothelial cells may lead to endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition that contributes to fibrosis. Since chronic inflammation has now been recognized as a significant contributing factor to tumorigenesis, it has also emerged that activation of endothelium also occurs in the tumor microenvironment. This review summarizes recent findings characterizing the molecular and cellular changes in the vascular endothelium that contribute to tissue fibrosis, and potentially to cancer formation.

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AnimalsEndothelium, VascularFibrosisHumansMiceNeoplasmsCancer vasculatureEndothelial cellsFibrosisInflammation

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PMID31656195
PMCPMC6816223
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