Determinants of endothelial cell phenotype in venules

Microcirculation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-80

  Thurston, Gavin ^a   Baluk, Peter ^a   McDonald, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Angiopoietins; Blood flow; Ephrins; Inflammation; Leukocyte adhesion; Microvascular remodeling; Microvasculature; Plasma leakage; Tie2 receptor

Indexed keywords

AGPT PROTEIN, MOUSE; AGPT PROTEIN, RAT; ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B4; GLYCOCONJUGATE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CELL ADHESION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MOUSE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VENULE;

ANGIOPOIETIN-1; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CELL ADHESION; CYTOKINES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, EPHB4; RECEPTOR, TIE-2; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VENULES;

EID: 0034134168     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2000.tb00743.x     Document Type: Review

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