Generational analysis reveals that TGF-β1 inhibits the rate of angiogenesis in vivo by selective decrease in the number of new vessels

Microvascular Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-232

  Parsons Wingerter, Patricia ^a   Elliott, Katherine E ^b   Farr, Andrew G ^a   Radhakrishnan, Krishnan ^c   Clark, John I ^a   Sage, E Helene ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b 3Com Corp   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d HOPE HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; CAM; Chorioallantoic membrane; Complexity; Development; Fractal; Quail; TGF 1

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTATIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; IMMUNOREGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REGULATOR GENE;

ANIMALIA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0034012043     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mvre.1999.2213     Document Type: Article

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