The Emerging Role of PEDF in Stem Cell Biology

Encoded by a single gene, PEDF is a 50 kDa glycoprotein that is highly conserved and is widely expressed among many tissues. Most secreted PEDF deposits within the extracellular matrix, with cell-type-specific functions. While traditionally PEDF is known as a strong antiangiogenic factor, more recen...

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Main Authors: Elahy, Mina, Baindur-Hudson, Swati, Dass, Crispin
Format: Journal Article
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32715
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Baindur-Hudson, Swati
Dass, Crispin
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description Encoded by a single gene, PEDF is a 50 kDa glycoprotein that is highly conserved and is widely expressed among many tissues. Most secreted PEDF deposits within the extracellular matrix, with cell-type-specific functions. While traditionally PEDF is known as a strong antiangiogenic factor, more recently, as this paper highlights, PEDF has been linked with stem cell biology, and there is now accumulating evidence demonstrating the effects of PEDF in a variety of stem cells, mainly in supporting stem cell survival and maintaining multipotency.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-327152017-09-13T15:26:24Z The Emerging Role of PEDF in Stem Cell Biology Elahy, Mina Baindur-Hudson, Swati Dass, Crispin Encoded by a single gene, PEDF is a 50 kDa glycoprotein that is highly conserved and is widely expressed among many tissues. Most secreted PEDF deposits within the extracellular matrix, with cell-type-specific functions. While traditionally PEDF is known as a strong antiangiogenic factor, more recently, as this paper highlights, PEDF has been linked with stem cell biology, and there is now accumulating evidence demonstrating the effects of PEDF in a variety of stem cells, mainly in supporting stem cell survival and maintaining multipotency. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32715 10.1155/2012/239091 Hindawi Publishing Corporation fulltext
spellingShingle Elahy, Mina
Baindur-Hudson, Swati
Dass, Crispin
The Emerging Role of PEDF in Stem Cell Biology
title The Emerging Role of PEDF in Stem Cell Biology
title_full The Emerging Role of PEDF in Stem Cell Biology
title_fullStr The Emerging Role of PEDF in Stem Cell Biology
title_full_unstemmed The Emerging Role of PEDF in Stem Cell Biology
title_short The Emerging Role of PEDF in Stem Cell Biology
title_sort emerging role of pedf in stem cell biology
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32715