Role of VEGF-A in vascularization of pancreatic islets

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1070-1074

  Lammert, Eckhard ^a   Gu, Guqiang ^b   McLaughlin, Margaret ^c   Brown, Dennis ^c   Brekken, Rolf ^d   Murtaugh, Lewis Charles ^b   Gerber, Hans Peter ^e   Ferrara, Napoleone ^e   Melton, Douglas A ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e GENENTECH INC   (United States)

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ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037665295     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00378-6     Document Type: Article

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