Regulation of angiogenesis and endothelial cell function by connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) and cysteine-rich 61 (CYR61)

Angiogenesis

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 153-165

  Brigstock, David R ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CCN; Development; Fibrosis; Tumor; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE RICH PROTEIN 61; INTEGRIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; WOUND HEALING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LYMPHOKINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037840309     PISSN: 09696970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023823803510     Document Type: Review

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