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Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor: Chemistry, Structure, Biology, and Applications


Publishing date
15 Jun 2012
Status
Published
Submission deadline
15 Dec 2011

1Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-0608, USA

2University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

3School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 8001, Australia

4Graduate School of Infection Control Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan


Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor: Chemistry, Structure, Biology, and Applications

Description

Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) is a multifunctional serpin protein with demonstrable neurotrophic, antiangiogenic antitumorigenic, antimetastatic, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidative properties, among others. PEDF exists naturally in most organs of the human body and is released from most cell types as an extracellular diffusible and circulating glycoprotein. It has been studied mostly in the eye, where its levels are altered in diseases characterized by retinopathies, such as age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. The importance of PEDF in the development, maintenance, and function of the retina and CNS is evident in animal models for inherited and light-induced retinal degeneration, as well as for degeneration of spinal cord motor neurons. Pathological ocular neovascularization- and retinal degeneration-related animal models have prompted clinical development. Clinical trials to assess the safety of a viral expression vector for PEDF in the context of age-related macular degeneration have been performed. PEDF has interesting direct multiple biological effects against tumor cells and indirect anticancer effects via antiangiogenic mechanisms, and its efficacy has been demonstrated in several animal models for tumor growth and progression. Moreover, PEDF is a potential diagnostic tool for several diseases triggered by pathological neovascularization, retinal degenerations, or tumors.

We invite investigators to submit original research and review manuscripts that seek to enhance our understanding of the chemistry, structure, biology, and application of PEDF in biomedicine. We are particularly interested in articles that describe elucidation of mechanisms of action, regulation, genetics, and structure-function, and articles that explore PEDF in a variety of organs and systems and animal models. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Recent advances of PEDF in neurobiology
  • Recent advances of PEDF in cancer
  • Recent advances of PEDF as anti-inflammatory factor
  • Elucidation of molecular mechanisms of action of PEDF
  • Signal transduction of PEDF
  • Recent advances of PEDF as a serpin member
  • PEDF receptors
  • New assays for PEDF
  • Recent advances in PEDF and PEDF-derived products production and delivery systems
  • Role of PEDF in new systems: lung, liver, adipose, and so forth
  • PEDF and animal models

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Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 830975
  • - Editorial

Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor: Chemistry, Structure, Biology, and Applications

S. Patricia Becerra | Crispin R. Dass | ... | Susan E. Crawford
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 425907
  • - Research Article

Identification of Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor Protein Forms with Distinct Activities on Tumor Cell Lines

P. Subramanian | M. Deshpande | ... | S. P. Becerra
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 230298
  • - Research Article

Efficacy of Continuously Administered PEDF-Derived Synthetic Peptides against Osteosarcoma Growth and Metastasis

Matthew L. Broadhead | Peter F. M. Choong | Crispin R. Dass
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 740295
  • - Review Article

Cell and Molecular Biology Underpinning the Effects of PEDF on Cancers in General and Osteosarcoma in Particular

Vijay Chandolu | Crispin R. Dass
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 871272
  • - Review Article

Role of Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor in Stem/Progenitor Cell-Associated Neovascularization

Jung-Tung Liu | Yuh-Lien Chen | ... | Yung-Hsiang Chen
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 239091
  • - Review Article

The Emerging Role of PEDF in Stem Cell Biology

Mina Elahy | Swati Baindur-Hudson | Crispin R. Dass
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 580687
  • - Review Article

PEDF in Diabetic Retinopathy: A Protective Effect of Oxidative Stress

Xiao-feng Zhu | Hai-dong Zou
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 278932
  • - Research Article

PEDF and VEGF-A Output from Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells Grown on Novel Microcarriers

Torsten Falk | Nicole R. Congrove | ... | Brian S. McKay
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