Research Article

Overexpressed Neuropilin-1 in Endothelial Cells Promotes Endothelial Permeability through Interaction with ANGPTL4 and VEGF in Kawasaki Disease

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ANGPTL4 contributes to the permeability of HCAEC monolayers by binding NRP1. (a) Levels of ANGPTL4 and semaphorin3A in the HC group and the KD group. (b, c) EC permeability assay upon treatment of HCAECs with different doses of rANGPTL4 or with 6 mg/l rANGPTL4 in different times. EC permeability assay upon transfection of control siRNA, VEGFR2 siRNA, or NRP1 siRNA and stimulation with (d) 6 mg/l rANGPTL4 for 8 h or (e) 60 μg/l VEGF for 6 h. PBS treatment as control. Data are expressed as from 3 separate experiments (b–e). ; ; ; n.s.: not significant.
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