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ArticleStem cell research2021

Endothelial cell secreted VEGF-C enhances NSC VEGFR3 expression and promotes NSC survival.

Rita Matta, Yan Feng, Lauren H Sansing, Anjelica L Gonzalez

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Article in Stem cell research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rita MattaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
Yan FengDepartment of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Lauren H SansingDepartment of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA. Electronic address: lauren.sansing@yale.edu.
Anjelica L GonzalezDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA. Electronic address: anjelica.gonzalez@yale.edu.
Yale University · USTianjin Medical University General Hospital · CN

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Neurovascular RegenerationR01EB016629 · NIBIB · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HIRSCHI, KAREN KEMPER · 2014 to 2018
$4.8M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB016629
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although delivery of neural stem cell (NSC) as a therapeutic treatment for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) provides promise, NSC delivery typically has extremely low survival rates. Here, we investigate endothelial cell (EC) and pericyte (PC) interactions with NSC, where our results demonstrate that EC, and not PC, promote NSC cell proliferation and reduce cytotoxicity under glucose deprivation (GD). Additionally, NSC proliferation was increased upon treatment with EC conditioned media, inhibited with antagonism of VEGFR3. In an NSC + EC co-culture we detected elevated levels of VEGF-C, not seen for NSC cultured alone. Exogenous VEGF-C induced NSC upregulation of VEGFR3, promoted proliferation, and reduced cytotoxicity. Finally, we delivered microbeads containing NSC + EC into a murine ICH cavity, where VEGF-C was increasingly present in the injury site, not seen upon delivery NSC encapsulated alone. These studies demonstrate that EC-secreted VEGF-C may promote NSC survival during injury, enhancing the potential for cell delivery therapies for stroke.

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Neural Stem CellsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor CAnimalsCell DifferentiationCulture Media, ConditionedEndothelial CellsMiceCulture Media, ConditionedVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Cvascular endothelial growth factor C, mouseNeural stem cellStrokeVEGF-CVEGFR3

Identifiers

PMID33836422
PMCPMC8243729
OpenAlexW3152471593

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