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1: J Cell Biol. 2007 May 7;177(3):489-500. Epub 2007 Apr 30.
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Vascular endothelial growth factor can signal through platelet-derived growth factor receptors.

Ball SG, Shuttleworth CA, Kielty CM.

UK Centre for Tissue Engineering and 2Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, England, UK.

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF-A) is a crucial stimulator of vascular cell migration and proliferation. Using bone marrow-derived human adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) that did not express VEGF receptors, we provide evidence that VEGF-A can stimulate platelet-derived growth factor receptors (PDGFRs), thereby regulating MSC migration and proliferation. VEGF-A binds to both PDGFRalpha and PDGFRbeta and induces tyrosine phosphorylation that, when inhibited, results in attenuation of VEGF-A-induced MSC migration and proliferation. This mechanism was also shown to mediate human dermal fibroblast (HDF) migration. VEGF-A/PDGFR signaling has the potential to regulate vascular cell recruitment and proliferation during tissue regeneration and disease.

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PMID: 17470632 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC2064818