An integrin and Rho GTPase-dependent pinocytic vacuole mechanism controls capillary lumen formation in collagen and fibrin matrices

Microcirculation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-44

  Davis, George E ^a,b   Bayless, Kayla J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Endothelial cells; Extracellular matrix; Integrins; Lumen formation; Rho GTPases; Vacuoles

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA2 INTEGRIN; ALPHA3 INTEGRIN; ALPHA5 INTEGRIN; ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; BETA3 INTEGRIN; CADHERIN; CAVEOLIN 1; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD51 ANTIGEN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; FIBRIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; LAMININ 1; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; CAPILLARY PROLIFERATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CAPILLARY; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRIN; INTEGRINS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PINOCYTOSIS; RABBITS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VACUOLES;

EID: 0005170476     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mn.7800175     Document Type: Review

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