A novel role for VEGF in endocardial cushion formation and its potential contribution to congenital heart defects

Development

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1531-1538

  Dor, Y ^a   Camenisch, T D ^a   Itin, A ^a   Fishman, G I ^a   McDonald, J A ^a   Carmeliet, P ^a   Keshet, E ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endocardial cushions; Hypoxia; Mouse; VEGF

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOCARDIUM; EXPLANT; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HYPOXIA; IN VIVO STUDY; MESENCHYME; MODEL; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TERATOGENESIS; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0034985151     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.128.9.1531     Document Type: Article

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