TY - JOUR
T1 - Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Pathway in Endothelial Progenitor Cell Biology for Vascular Medicine
AU - Salybekov, Amankeldi A.
AU - Salybekova, Ainur K.
AU - Pola, Roberto
AU - Asahara, Takayuki
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The Hedgehog (HH) signaling pathway plays an important role in embryonic and postnatal vascular development and in maintaining the homeostasis of organs. Under physiological conditions, Sonic Hedgehog (SHH), a secreted protein belonging to the HH family, regulates endothelial cell growth, promotes cell migration and stimulates the formation of new blood vessels. The present review highlights recent advances made in the field of SHH signaling in endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). The canonical and non-canonical SHH signaling pathways in EPCs and endothelial cells (ECs) related to homeostasis, SHH signal transmission by extracellular vesicles (EVs) or exosomes containing single-strand non-coding miRNAs and impaired SHH signaling in cardiovascular diseases are discussed. As a promising therapeutic tool, the possibility of using the SHH signaling pathway for the activation of EPCs in patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases is further explored.
AB - The Hedgehog (HH) signaling pathway plays an important role in embryonic and postnatal vascular development and in maintaining the homeostasis of organs. Under physiological conditions, Sonic Hedgehog (SHH), a secreted protein belonging to the HH family, regulates endothelial cell growth, promotes cell migration and stimulates the formation of new blood vessels. The present review highlights recent advances made in the field of SHH signaling in endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). The canonical and non-canonical SHH signaling pathways in EPCs and endothelial cells (ECs) related to homeostasis, SHH signal transmission by extracellular vesicles (EVs) or exosomes containing single-strand non-coding miRNAs and impaired SHH signaling in cardiovascular diseases are discussed. As a promising therapeutic tool, the possibility of using the SHH signaling pathway for the activation of EPCs in patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases is further explored.
KW - Hedgehog
KW - Hedgehog
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/133773
U2 - 10.3390/ijms19103040
DO - 10.3390/ijms19103040
M3 - Article
SN - 1422-0067
VL - 2018
SP - N/A-N/A
JO - International Journal of Molecular Sciences
JF - International Journal of Molecular Sciences
ER -