Modeling the early stages of vascular network assembly

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1771-1779

  Serini, Guido ^a   Ambrosi, Davide ^b   Giraudo, Enrico ^a   Gamba, Andrea ^b   Preziosi, Luigi ^b   Bussolino, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelium; In vitro angiogenesis; Motility; Non linear equation; Percolation

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COUNT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

CAPILLARIES; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345373937     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg176     Document Type: Article

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