Morphology and transfection study of human microvascular endothelial cell angiogenesis: An in vitro three-dimensional model

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 386, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-175

  Lienau, Jasmin ^a   Kaletta, Cortina ^b   Teifel, Michael ^b   Naujoks, Kurt ^b   Bhoola, Kanti ^c   Plendl, Johanna ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Munich Biotech AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capillary like structures; Collagen IV; Endothelial specific promoters; Extracellular matrix; Human endothelium; Transcription factor Ets 1

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 1; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NEWBORN; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPORTER GENE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

CAPILLARIES; CELL POLARITY; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUCIFERASES; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; TRANSFECTION;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 14944369297     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2005.021     Document Type: Article

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