Targeted deficiency or cytosolic truncation of the VE-cadherin gene in mice impairs VEGF-mediated endothelial survival and angiogenesis

Cell

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-157

  Carmeliet, Peter ^a   Lampugnani, Maria Grazia ^b   Moons, Lieve ^a   Breviario, Ferrucio ^b   Compernolle, Veerle ^a   Bono, Françoise ^c   Balconi, Giovanna ^b   Spagnuolo, Raffaella ^b   Oosthuyse, Bert ^a   Dewerchin, Mieke ^a   Zanetti, Adriana ^b   Angellilo, Anne ^a   Mattot, Virginie ^a   Nuyens, Dieter ^a   Lutgens, Esther ^a   Clotman, Frederic ^a   De Ruiter, Marco C ^d   Groot, Adriana Gittenberger De ^d   Poelmann, Rob ^d   Lupu, Florea ^e   Herbert, Jean Marc ^c   Collen, Désiré ^a   Dejana, Elizabetta ^b,f   more..

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c SANOFI   (France)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e THROMBOSIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CATENIN; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PLAKOGLOBIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOSOL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0033597718     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81010-7     Document Type: Article

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