Sepsis is defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by dysregulated host
systemic inflammatory and immune response to infection. Over decades, advanced …

The monolayer of endothelial cells lining the vessel wall forms a semipermeable barrier (in
all tissue except the relatively impermeable blood–brain and inner retinal barriers) that …

Interactions between endothelial cells and mural cells (pericytes and vascular smooth
muscle cells) in the blood vessel wall have recently come into focus as central processes in …

Actomyosin contractility affects cellular organization within tissues in part through the
generation of mechanical forces at sites of cell–matrix and cell–cell contact. While increased …

Vascular endothelial (VE)-cadherin is a strictly endothelial specific adhesion molecule
located at junctions between endothelial cells. In analogy of the role of E-cadherin as major …

The pulmonary endothelium is a dynamic, metabolically active layer of squamous
endothelial cells ideally placed to mediate key processes involved in lung homoeostasis …

The endothelium is a semi‐permeable barrier that regulates the flux of liquid and solutes,
including plasma proteins, between the blood and surrounding tissue. The permeability of …

It has long been known that endothelial Ca2+ signals drive angiogenesis by recruiting
multiple Ca2+-sensitive decoders in response to pro-angiogenic cues, such as vascular …

Ultrasound-driven microbubbles can trigger reversible membrane perforation
(sonoporation), open interendothelial junctions and stimulate endocytosis, thereby providing …

Although pericytes were described more than 100 years ago as perivascular cells that wrap
around blood capillaries, the term pericyte (peri, around; cyte, cell) was first introduced by …