Genetic amplification of the transcriptional response to hypoxia as a novel means of identifying regulators of angiogenesis.
Genomics
; 83(1): 1-8, 2004 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-14667803
ABSTRACT
The cellular response to hypoxia involves the promotion of angiogenesis, leading to increased blood flow and oxygenation. The macrophage has been identified as an orchestrator of this response in several pathologies, through the release of angiogenic factors in response to hypoxia. We have produced the first comprehensive transcriptome analysis of hypoxic primary human macrophages with respect to the regulation of angiogenesis. There is a marked induction of genes encoding factors known to stimulate angiogenesis, rather than factors that inhibit this process. We show that overexpression of the transcription factor EPAS1 using a recombinant adenoviral vector amplifies the induction of genes encoding angiogenic proteins in response to hypoxia. This defines a new strategy for enhancing transcriptome and proteome analyses by overexpressing disease-implicated genes using viral gene transfer methodologies.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transcrição Gênica
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Genes Reguladores
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Neovascularização Fisiológica
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Genomics
Assunto da revista:
GENETICA
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido