So what
do vascular endothelial cells and ACC have to do with one another?
Not exact matches
The scientists also found that
endothelial cells themselves give the signal for their own death: To
do this, the
vascular wall
cells have a receptor molecule called Death Receptor 6 (DR6) on their surface.
They focused towards this end on the
vascular growth factor Angiopoietin - 2, which is produced by
endothelial cells and
does not just control angiogenesis, but acts as a key responsiveness factor for
endothelial cells.
The researchers found that, when stimulated by insulin, diabetic fibroblasts produced less of the VEGF (
vascular endothelial growth factor) signaling protein, a key player in boosting the growth of blood vessel
cells, than normal fibroblasts
did.