Homocysteine Induces Endothelial Cell Detachment and Vessel Wall Thickening during Chick Embryonic Development

Circulation Research

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 542-549

  Boot, Marit J ^a   Steegers Theunissen, Régine P M ^b,c   Poelmann, Robert E ^a   Van Iperen, Liesbeth ^a   Gittenberger De Groot, Adriana C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular development; Extracellular matrix proteins; Neural crest; Pharyngeal arch arteries

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; FIBRILLIN 2; FIBRONECTIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; MESSENGER RNA; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; INTIMA; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; BRANCHIAL REGION; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOVEMENT; CHICK EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRONECTINS; HOMOCYSTEINE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 1542343923     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000115556.03792.04     Document Type: Article

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