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Sphingosine kinase regulates the rate of endothelial progenitor cell differentiation.
Blood - 26 Feb 2009
Bonder Claudine S, Sun Wai Y, Matthews Tyson, Cassano Carlos, Li Xiaochun, Ramshaw Hayley S, Pitson Stuart M, Lopez Angel F, Coates P Toby, Proia Richard L, Vadas Mathew A, Gamble Jennifer R
Abstract excerpt
Circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are incorporated into foci of neovascularization where they undergo differentiation to mature endothelial cells (ECs). We show here that the enzyme sphingosine kinase-1 (SK-1) regulates the rate and direction of EPC differentiation without effect on the hematopoietic compartment. EPCs have high levels of SK-1 activity, which diminishes with differentiation and is,...
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