Hypoxia-induced expression of VEGF is reversible in myocardial vascular smooth muscle cells

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 2 42-2, 1997, Pages

  Gu, Jian Wei ^a   Adair, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Basic fibroblast growth factor; Platelet derived growth factor; Transforming growth factor 1; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE OXYGENATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0030761047     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.2.h628     Document Type: Article

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