Endothelial-pericyte interactions in angiogenesis

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 314, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-23

  Gerhardt, Holger ^a   Betsholtz, Christer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Endothelial cells; Endothelial pericyte interactions; Genetic data; Pericytes; Vascular morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; DESMIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LECTIN; MELANOMA ANTIGEN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; RGS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGIOGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIABETIC MICROANGIOPATHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; MESENCHYME; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OSTEOBLAST; PERICYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FORECASTING; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PERICYTES;

EID: 0242405617     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-003-0745-x     Document Type: Review

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