Homeobox genes in pulmonary vascular development and disease

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 336-345

  Jones, Peter Lloyd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GELATINASE B; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HOMEOBOX; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG DISEASE; LYMPH VESSEL; MESENCHYME; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANIMALS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LUNG; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; SHEEP; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0242302522     PISSN: 10501738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2003.09.001     Document Type: Review

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