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. 2011 Mar 25;8:26. doi: 10.1186/1742-2094-8-26

Table 1.

Secretory/Expression Products of Endothelial Cells*

Extracellular matrix factors Proteases
fibronectin Thrombin

laminin MMPs

collagen I, II, III, IV, VIII, XVIII tPA

proteoglycans Growth factors

Anti- and pro- coagulation factors PDGF

PGI2 EDGF

thrombomodulin FGF

AT III IGF

heparin sulfate TGF-β

vWF GM-CSF

TXA2 G-CSF

thromboplastin Vasorelaxation factors

Factor V NO

PAF PGI2/E2

PAI-1, PAI-2 EDHF

Inflammatory Chemokines and Cytokines Vasoconstriction factors

IL-1, IL-6, IL-8 TXA2/F2a

LTB4, C4, D4, E4 EDCF

MCP-1, MCP-2 leukotrienes

MHC II free radicals

CAM endothelin

*See text for references

Abbreviations used: prostacyclin (PGI2), anti-thrombin III (AT III), von Willebrand factor (vWF), thromboxane A2 (TXA2), platelet-activating factor (PAF), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 (PAI-2), interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8), leukotriene B4 (LTB4), leukotriene C4 (LTC4), leukotriene D4 (LTD4), leukotriene E4 (LTE4), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), monocyte chemoattractant protein-2 (MCP-2), major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC II), cell adhesion molecules (CAM), matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), endothelium derived growth factor (EDGF), fibroblast growth factor (FGF), insulin-like growth factor (IGF), transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β), granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), nitric oxide (NO), prostacyclin/prostaglandin E2 (PGI2/E2), endothelium derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF), thromboxane A2/prostaglandin F2a (TXA2/F2a), endothelium derived contracting factor (EDCF)