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Overview

Patricia A. D'Amore is affiliated with the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biochemistry, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's work encompasses several significant topics, including:

  • Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
  • Retinopathy of Prematurity Studies
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Retinal Imaging and Analysis
  • Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation

Patricia A. D'Amore has contributed to numerous scientific publications, frequently publishing in journals such as the American Journal Of Pathology, Experimental Eye Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The FASEB Journal, and Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology.

Recent papers include:

  • VEGFR1 signaling in retinal angiogenesis and microinflammation, 2021, Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
  • Cell culture models to study retinal pigment epithelium-related pathogenesis in age-related macular degeneration, 2022, Experimental Eye Research
  • Update on the Role of the Endothelial Glycocalyx in Angiogenesis and Vascular Inflammation, 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Elements of the Endomucin Extracellular Domain Essential for VEGF-Induced VEGFR2 Activity, 2020, Cells
  • ADAM10 and ADAM17 proteases mediate proinflammatory cytokine-induced and constitutive cleavage of endomucin from the endothelial surface, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their work, with frequent coauthors including Zhengping Hu, Yin-Shan Ng, Issahy Cano, Emily Essex, and Martha B. Furie, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach within their research projects.

Best Publications

  • Soluble endoglin contributes to the pathogenesis of preeclampsia.

    Shivalingappa Venkatesha;Mourad Toporsian;Chun Lam;Jun-ichi Hanai

  • OXYGEN-INDUCED RETINOPATHY IN THE MOUSE

    Lois Elaine Hodgson Smith;Eva Wesolowski;Angela McLellan;Sandra K. Kostyk

  • Blood Vessel Formation: What Is Its Molecular Basis?

    Judah Folkman;Patricia A. D'Amore

  • Engineering vascularized skeletal muscle tissue.

    Shulamit Levenberg;Shulamit Levenberg;Jeroen Rouwkema;Mara Macdonald;Evan S. Garfein

  • Regulators of angiogenesis.

    M Klagsbrun;P A D'Amore

  • VEGF-A stimulates lymphangiogenesis and hemangiogenesis in inflammatory neovascularization via macrophage recruitment

    Claus Cursiefen;Lu Chen;Leonardo P. Borges;David Jackson

  • Pericytes in the microvasculature

    Karen K. Hirschi;Patricia A. D'Amore

  • PDGF, TGF-β, and Heterotypic Cell–Cell Interactions Mediate Endothelial Cell–induced Recruitment of 10T1/2 Cells and Their Differentiation to a Smooth Muscle Fate

    Karen K. Hirschi;Stephanie A. Rohovsky;Patricia Ann D'Amore

  • An activated form of transforming growth factor beta is produced by cocultures of endothelial cells and pericytes.

    Alicia Antonelli-Orlidge;Kim B. Saunders;Sandra R. Smith;Patricia A. D'Amore

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor/vascular permeability factor is temporally and spatially correlated with ocular angiogenesis in a primate model.

    Joan W. Miller;Anthony P. Adamis;David T. Shima;Patricia A. D'Amore

  • Impaired myocardial angiogenesis and ischemic cardiomyopathy in mice lacking the vascular endothelial growth factor isoforms VEGF164 and VEGF188.

    Peter Carmeliet;Yin Shan Ng;Dieter Nuyens;Gregor Theilmeier

  • Inflammation-induced lymphangiogenesis in the cornea arises from CD11b-positive macrophages

    Kazuichi Maruyama;Masaaki Ii;Claus Cursiefen;Claus Cursiefen;David G. Jackson

  • Inhibition of Capillary Endothelial Cell Growth by Pericytes and Smooth Muscle Cells

    A. Orlidge;Patricia Ann D'Amore

  • Inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor prevents retinal ischemia-associated iris neovascularization in a nonhuman primate

    Anthony P. Adamis;David T. Shima;Michael J. Tolentino;Evangelos S. Gragoudas

  • Vascular development: cellular and molecular regulation.

    Laurence Beck;Patricia A. D'Amore

  • Endogenous VEGF is required for visual function: evidence for a survival role on müller cells and photoreceptors.

    Magali Saint-Geniez;Arindel S. R. Maharaj;Tony E. Walshe;Budd A. Tucker

  • Arteriolar and venular patterning in retinas of mice selectively expressing VEGF isoforms

    Ingeborg Stalmans;Yin-Shan Ng;Richard Rohan;Marcus Fruttiger

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptors.

    Michael Klagsbrun;Patricia A. D'Amore

  • Microvascular pericytes contain muscle and nonmuscle actins.

    Ira M. Herman;Patricia Ann D'Amore

  • VEGF164-mediated inflammation is required for pathological, but not physiological, ischemia-induced retinal neovascularization.

    Susumu Ishida;Tomohiko Usui;Tomohiko Usui;Kenji Yamashiro;Kenji Yamashiro;Yuichi Kaji;Yuichi Kaji

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Klagsbrun
Michael Klagsbrun Boston Children's Hospital
John A. Wagner
John A. Wagner Cygnal Therapeutics (United States)
Judah Folkman
Judah Folkman Boston Children's Hospital
Shigeru Kinoshita
Shigeru Kinoshita Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Marsha A. Moses
Marsha A. Moses Boston Children's Hospital
Karen K. Hirschi
Karen K. Hirschi University of Virginia
Joan W. Miller
Joan W. Miller Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Ira M. Herman
Ira M. Herman Tufts University
Claus Cursiefen
Claus Cursiefen University of Cologne

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