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Endothelial permeability

YES to junctions, no to Src

Regulation of endothelial barrier function is critical to physiological function of the vasculature, which must dynamically change in many physiologic and pathologic settings. A new study emphasizes the complex relationship between VE-cadherin phosphorylation and vascular leak and the critical role of the tyrosine kinase Yes in this process.

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Fig. 1: VEGFA activation of vascular permeability.

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Supported in part by NIH grants HL062289 and HL149343 to M.S.

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Simons, M., Toomre, D. YES to junctions, no to Src. Nat Cardiovasc Res 1, 1116–1118 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44161-022-00185-8

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