Vascular endothelial growth factor is an essential molecule for mouse kidney development: Glomerulogenesis and nephrogenesis

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2351-2357

  Kitamoto, Yasunori ^a   Tokunaga, Hiroshi ^a   Tomita, Kimio ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

endogenous vascular endothelial growth factor; glomerular development; neutralizing antibody; organ culture; renal organogenesis

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; KIDNEY CAPSULE; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOUSE; NEPHRON; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030927017     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119416     Document Type: Article

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