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Expression of Angiopoietin-2 in Endothelial Cells Is Controlled by Positive and Negative Regulatory Promoter Elements
30 Jul 2004
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OBJECTIVE: Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) is a non-signal transducing ligand of the endothelial receptor tyrosine kinase Tie-2. Ang-2 is produced by endothelial cells and acts as an autocrine regulator mediating vascular destabilization by inhibiting Angiopoietin-1-mediated Tie-2 activation. To examine the transcriptional regulation of Ang-2, we studied the Ang-2 promoter in endothelial cells and nonendothelial cells....
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