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Endothelial cell-expressed Tim-3 facilitates metastasis of melanoma cells by activating the NF-kappaB pathway.

Down-regulation of fractalkine inhibits the in vitro and in vivo angiogenesis of the hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cells.

Autophagy in cancer associated fibroblasts promotes tumor cell survival: Role of hypoxia, HIF1 induction and NFκB activation in the tumor stromal microenvironment.

BMP Signals Promote Proepicardial Protrusion Necessary for Recruitment of Coronary Vessel and Epicardial Progenitors to the Heart

Mesenchymal stem cells: paracrine signaling and differentiation during cutaneous wound repair.

Paracrine regulation of growth hormone secretion by estrogen in women.

Overexpression of integrin beta 5 enhances the paracrine properties of circulating angiogenic cells via Src kinase-mediated activation of STAT3.

Comparative proteomics profiling reveals role of smooth muscle progenitors in extracellular matrix production.

Therapeutic Applications of Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Repair Kidney Injury

Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) depresses angiogenesis in vivo and in vitro: implications for sourcing cells for vascular regeneration therapy.

Epicardial adipokines in obesity and coronary artery disease induce atherogenic changes in monocytes and endothelial cells.

Control of mammary stem cell function by steroid hormone signalling.

Progesterone induces adult mammary stem cell expansion.

Stem cells: Cues from steroid hormones.

Activin A, a product of fetal Leydig cells, is a unique paracrine regulator of Sertoli cell proliferation and fetal testis cord expansion.

The autocrine and paracrine roles of adipokines.

Ovarian cancer-derived lysophosphatidic acid stimulates secretion of VEGF and stromal cell-derived factor-1 alpha from human mesenchymal stem cells.

Paracrine modulation of CXCR4 by IGF-1 and VEGF: implications for choroidal neovascularization.

Endothelial progenitor cells--an evolving story.

Autocrine/paracrine action of vitamin D on FGF23 expression in cultured rat osteoblasts.