ZO-1, a cell junction protein, is essential for angiogenesis. Here the authors identify in endothelial cells unexpected associations of ZO-1 with stress granule proteins, such as YB-1, that are crucial for cytoprotection, implicating the ZO-1-YB-1 interaction in angiogenesis.
- Yassine El Bakkouri
- Rony Chidiac
- Jean-Philippe Gratton