NF-κB-inducing kinase is a key regulator of inflammation-induced and tumour-associated angiogenesis.

ABSTRACT: Angiogenesis is essential during development and in pathological conditions such as chronic inflammation and cancer progression. Inhibition of angiogenesis by targeting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) blocks disease progression, but most patients eventually develop resistance which may result from compensatory signalling pathways. In endothelial cells (ECs), expression of the pro-angiogenic chemokine CXCL12 is regulated by non-canonical nuclear factor (NF)-κB signalling. Here, we report that NF-κB-inducing kinase (NIK) and subsequent non-canonical NF-κB signalling regulate both inflammation-induced and tumour-associated angiogenesis. NIK is highly expressed in endothelial cells (ECs) in tumour tissues and inflamed rheumatoid arthritis synovial tissue. Furthermore, non-canonical N

SUBMITTER: Noort AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4194146 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature