VEGF121 induces proliferation of vascular endothelial cells and expression of flk-1 without affecting lymphatic vessels of the chorioallantoic membrane

Developmental Biology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-85

  Wilting, Jörg ^a   Birkenhäger, Ralf ^b   Eichmann, Anne ^c   Kurz, Haymo ^a   Martiny Baron, Georg ^a   Marmé, Dieter ^a   McCarthy, John E G ^b   Christ, Bodo ^a   Weich, Herbert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASIANIDAE; ANIMALIA;

ENDOTHELIAL CELL GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; LYMPHOKINE; MITOGENIC AGENT; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A, HUMAN; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; BROXURIDINE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHORION; COTURNIX; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FETUS MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CAPILLARY; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE INDUCTION; LYMPH VESSEL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; RECEPTOR GENE; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ALLANTOIS; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHORION; COTURNIX; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOKINES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOGENS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0030600969     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.9993     Document Type: Article

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