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Homocysteine increases the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor by a mechanism involving endoplasmic reticulum stress and transcription factor ATF4.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 9 Apr 2004
Roybal C Nathaniel, Yang Shujie, Sun Chiao-Wang, Hurtado Diego, Vander Jagt David L, Townes Tim M, Abcouwer Steve F
Abstract excerpt
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays a key role in the development and progression of diabetic retinopathy. We previously demonstrated that amino acid deprivation and other inducers of endoplasmic reticulum-stress (ER stress) up-regulate the expression of VEGF in the retinal-pigmented epithelial cell line ARPE-19. Because homocysteine causes ER stress, we hypothesized that VEGF expression is increased...
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