Abstract
Recently, Sack et al. (2016) presented an interesting, novel data set in Journal of Cellular Physiology examining the effect of substrate stiffness on VEGF processing and signaling. The data represent a clear contribution to the field. However, the authors’ conclusion that “extracellular matrix binding is essential for VEGF internalization” conflicts with other knowledge in the field, and is not supported by their data. Instead, their data demonstrate the effect of heparin addition and changing ECM stiffness on both VEGF binding to fibronectin and VEGF binding to endothelial receptors. This is consistent with other work showing that matrix binding reduces VEGF-VEGFR internalization, shifting downstream signaling. J. Cell. Physiol. 232: 36–37, 2017.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 36-37 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Journal of Cellular Physiology |
Volume | 232 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physiology
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Cell Biology