The conditional inactivation of the β-catenin gene in endothelial cells causes a defective vascular pattern and increased vascular fragility

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1111-1122

  Cattelino, Anna ^a,b   Liebner, Stefan ^a   Gallini, Radiosa ^a   Zanetti, Adriana ^b   Balconi, Giovanna ^b   Corsi, Alessandro ^c   Blanco, Paolo ^c   Wolburg, Hartwig ^d   Moore, Robert ^e   Oreda, Boussadia ^e   Kemler, Rolf ^e   Dejana, Elisabetta ^a,b,f  

^a FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Desmoplakin adherens junctions; Vascular permeability; Vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; DESMOPLAKIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA CATENIN GENE; BLEEDING; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRAVASATION; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; HEART BEAT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBULENT FLOW; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR FRAGILITY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BLOOD VESSELS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; DESMOPLAKINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, LETHAL; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0141768242     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200212157     Document Type: Article

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