Bacterial lipopolysaccharide and inflammatory mediators augment IL-6 secretion by human endothelial cells.

FR Jirik, TJ Podor, T Hirano, T Kishimoto… - … (Baltimore, Md.: 1950 …, 1989 - journals.aai.org
The interaction between human endothelial cells and leukocytes during immunologic and
inflammatory responses is in part mediated through the release of soluble mediators. We …

Homocysteine-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress and growth arrest leads to specific changes in gene expression in human vascular endothelial cells

PA Outinen, SK Sood, SI Pfeifer… - Blood, The Journal …, 1999 - ashpublications.org
Alterations in the cellular redox potential by homocysteine promote endothelial cell (EC)
dysfunction, an early event in the progression of atherothrombotic disease. In this study, we …

Characterization of the stress-inducing effects of homocysteine

PA OUTINEN, SK SOOD, PCY LIAW… - Biochemical …, 1998 - portlandpress.com
The mechanism by which homocysteine causes endothelial cell (EC) injury and/or
dysfunction is not fully understood. To examine the stress-inducing effects of homocysteine …

Regulation of type 1 plasminogen activator inhibitor gene expression in cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells: induction by transforming growth factor-β …

M Sawdey, TJ Podor, DJ Loskutoff - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1989 - ASBMB
Cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAEs) synthesize and secrete type 1 plasminogen
activator inhibitor (PAI-1), an M, 50,000 glycoprotein which inhibits both urokinase and …

Granzyme B induces smooth muscle cell apoptosis in the absence of perforin: involvement of extracellular matrix degradation

JC Choy, VHY Hung, AL Hunter… - … , and vascular biology, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective—T cell-induced cytotoxicity, of which granzyme B is a key mediator, is believed to
contribute to the pathogenesis of inflammatory vascular diseases. In this report, we …

Vimentin exposed on activated platelets and platelet microparticles localizes vitronectin and plasminogen activator inhibitor complexes on their surface

TJ Podor, D Singh, P Chindemi, DM Foulon… - Journal of Biological …, 2002 - ASBMB
Type 1 plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1), the primary inhibitor of tissue-type
plasminogen activator (t-PA), is found in plasma and platelets. PAI-1 circulates in complex …

Induction of the acute-phase reaction increases heparin-binding proteins in plasma

E Young, TJ Podor, T Venner, J Hirsh - … , thrombosis, and vascular …, 1997 - Am Heart Assoc
We have previously demonstrated that the nonspecific binding of unfractionated heparin
(UFH) to plasma proteins has a marked modulating effect on its anticoagulant activity. Since …

Platelets from patients with the Quebec platelet disorder contain and secrete abnormal amounts of urokinase-type plasminogen activator

WHA Kahr, S Zheng, PM Sheth, M Pai… - Blood, The Journal …, 2001 - ashpublications.org
The Quebec platelet disorder (QPD) is an autosomal dominant platelet disorder associated
with delayed bleeding and α-granule protein degradation. The degradation of α-granule, but …

Human endothelial cells produce IL-6. Lack of responses to exogenous IL-6.

TJ Podor, FR Jirik, DJ Loskutoff… - Annals of the New York …, 1989 - europepmc.org
The interaction between human endothelial cells and leukocytes during immunological and
inflammatory responses is in part mediated through the release of soluble mediators. We …

Type 1 plasminogen activator inhibitor binds to fibrin via vitronectin

TJ Podor, CB Peterson, DA Lawrence… - Journal of Biological …, 2000 - ASBMB
Type 1 plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1), the primary inhibitor of tissue-type
plasminogen activator (t-PA), circulates as a complex with the abundant plasma …