Slug regulates the Dll4-Notch-VEGFR2 axis to control endothelial cell activation and angiogenesis

Slug supports heart development and tumor metastasis, but its role in blood vessel formation is less clear. Here the authors show that endothelial cell-expressed Slug regulates both physiologic and pathological angiogenesis, at least in part through the modulation of Notch signalling.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nan W. Hultgren, Jennifer S. Fang, Mary E. Ziegler, Ricardo N. Ramirez, Duc T. T. Phan, Michaela M. S. Hatch, Katrina M. Welch-Reardon, Antonio E. Paniagua, Lin S. Kim, Nathan N. Shon, David S. Williams, Ali Mortazavi, Christopher C. W. Hughes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18633-z