Selected Publications

Saito K, Dubreuil V, Arai Y, Wilsch-Bräuninger M, Schwudke D, Saher G, Miyata T, Breier G, Thiele C, Shevchenko A, Nave KA, Huttner WB (2009). Ablation of cholesterol biosynthesis in neural stem cells increases their VEGF expression and angiogenesis but causes neuron apoptosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 106: 8350-5.

Labelle M, Schnittler HJ, Aust DE, Friedrich K, Baretton G, Vestweber D, Breier G (2008). Vascular Endothelial Cadherin promotes Breast Cancer Progression via Transforming Growth Factor-beta Signaling. Cancer Res 68: 1388–97.

Li X, Edholm D, Lanner F, Breier G, Farnebo F, Dimberg A, Claesson-Welsh L (2007). Lentiviral rescue of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 expression in flk1-/- embryonic stem cells shows early priming of endothelial precursors. Stem Cells 25:2987-95.

Licht AH, Muller-Holtkamp F, Flamme I, Breier G (2006): Inhibition of hypoxia-inducible factor activity in endothelial cells disrupts embryonic cardiovascular development. Blood 107: 584-90.

Elvert G, Kappel A, Heidenreich R, Englmeier U, Lanz S, Acker T, Rauter M, Plate KH, Siewecke M, Breier G, Flamme I (2003): Cooperative interaction of hypoxia-inducible factor-2a and Ets-1 in the transcriptional activation of Flk-1. J Biol Chem 278: 7520-30.

Vajkoczy P, Farhadi M, Gaumann A, Heidenreich R, Erber R, Wunder A, Tonn JC, Menger MD, and Breier G (2002): Microtumor growth initiates angiogenic sprouting with simultaneous expression of VEGF, VEGF-receptor-2, and angiopoietin-2. J Clin Invest 109: 777-785.

Kappel A, Rönicke V, Damert A, Flamme I, Risau W, Breier G (1999) Identification of VEGF receptor-2 (Flk-1) promoter/enhancer sequences sufficient for angioblast and endothelial cell-specific transcription in transgenic mice. Blood 93: 4284-92.

Carmeliet P, Ferreira V, Breier G, Pollefeyt S, Kieckens L, Gertsenstein M, Fahrig M, Vandenhoeck A, Harpal K, Eberhardt C, Declerq C, Pawling J, Moons L, Collen D, Risau W, Nagy A (1996): Abnormal blood vessel development and lethality in embryos lacking a single VEGF allele. Nature 380: 435-439.

Plate KH, Breier G, Weich HA, Risau W (1992). Vascular endothelial growth factor is a potential tumour angiogenesis factor in human gliomas in vivo. Nature 359, 845-8.

Breier G, Albrecht U, Sterrer S, Risau W (1992). Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor during embryonic angiogenesis and endothelial cell differentiation. Development 114, 521-32.

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