Plakoglobin maintains the integrity of vascular endothelial cell junctions and regulates VEGF-induced phosphorylation of VE-cadherin

VE-PTP regulates VEGFR2 activity in stalk cells to establish endothelial cell polarity and lumen formation

(2013) Makoto Hayashi et al.   Nature Communications

microRNA-125b inhibits tube formation of blood vessels through translational suppression of VE-cadherin

(2012) F Muramatsu et al.   ONCOGENE

Motor Neuron Position and Topographic Order Imposed by β- and γ-Catenin Activities

(2011) Elena Y. Demireva et al.   CELL

Stabilizing the VE-cadherin-catenin complex blocks leukocyte extravasation and vascular permeability

(2011) Dörte Schulte et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Restrictive loss of plakoglobin in cardiomyocytes leads to arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy

(2011) Deqiang Li et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Cardiac Tissue-Restricted Deletion of Plakoglobin Results in Progressive Cardiomyopathy and Activation of  -Catenin Signaling

(2011) J. Li et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

p120-Catenin Is Required for Mouse Vascular Development

(2010) Rebecca G. Oas et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

The Control of Vascular Integrity by Endothelial Cell Junctions: Molecular Basis and Pathological Implications

(2009) Elisabetta Dejana et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Spatial and temporal role of the apelin/APJ system in the caliber size regulation of blood vessels during angiogenesis

(2008) Hiroyasu Kidoya et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

VE-PTP maintains the endothelial barrier via plakoglobin and becomes dissociated from VE-cadherin by leukocytes and by VEGF

(2008) Astrid F. Nottebaum et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE