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ArticleAngiogenesis2021

BMP6/TAZ-Hippo signaling modulates angiogenesis and endothelial cell response to VEGF.

H H Pulkkinen, M Kiema, J P Lappalainen, A Toropainen, M Beter, A Tirronen, L Holappa, H Niskanen, M U Kaikkonen, S Ylä-Herttuala and 1 more

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Article in Angiogenesis, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 109 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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109citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

109 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 165 citations in OpenAlex.

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

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

H H Pulkkinen *A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
M Kiema *A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
J P LappalainenA.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
A ToropainenA.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
M BeterA.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
A TirronenA.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
L HolappaA.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
H NiskanenA.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
M U KaikkonenA.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6294-0979
S Ylä-Herttuala *A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7593-2708
Johanna P Laakkonen *A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland. johanna.p.laakkonen@uef.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8556-9727
University of Eastern Finland · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The BMP/TGFβ-Smad, Notch and VEGF signaling guides formation of endothelial tip and stalk cells. However, the crosstalk of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) signaling has remained largely unknown. We demonstrate that BMP family members regulate VEGFR2 and Notch signaling, and act via TAZ-Hippo signaling pathway. BMPs were found to be regulated after VEGF gene transfer in C57/Bl6 mice and in a porcine myocardial ischemia model. BMPs 2/4/6 were identified as endothelium-specific targets of VEGF. BMP2 modulated VEGF-mediated endothelial sprouting via Delta like Canonical Notch Ligand 4 (DLL4). BMP6 modulated VEGF signaling by regulating VEGFR2 expression and acted via Hippo signaling effector TAZ, known to regulate cell survival/proliferation, and to be dysregulated in cancer. In a matrigel plug assay in nude mice BMP6 was further demonstrated to induce angiogenesis. BMP6 is the first member of BMP family found to directly regulate both Hippo signaling and neovessel formation. It may thus serve as a target in pro/anti-angiogenic therapies.

Indexed as

Neovascularization, PhysiologicSignal TransductionAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsBase SequenceBone Morphogenetic Protein 2Bone Morphogenetic Protein 6Cell HypoxiaCell NucleusEndothelial CellsHippo Signaling PathwayHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLModels, BiologicalAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingBone Morphogenetic Protein 2Bone Morphogenetic Protein 6Protein Serine-Threonine KinasesVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2Wwtr1 protein, mouseAngiogenesisBMP2BMP6Bone morphogenetic proteinHippo signaling pathwayVascular endothelial growth factorVEGFVEGFR2

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PMID33021694
PMCPMC7921060
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