Gene targeting of VEGF-A in thymus epithelium disrupts thymus blood vessel architecture

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 102, Issue 30, 2005, Pages 10587-10592

  Müller, Susanna M ^a   Terszowski, Grzegorz ^a   Blum, Carmen ^a   Haller, Corinne ^b,e   Anquez, Viviane ^b,f   Kuschert, Stephen ^b   Carmeliet, Peter ^c   Augustin, Hellmut G ^d   Rodewald, Hans Reimer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d TUMOR BIOLOGY CENTER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mesenchyme; Nude mice; Nude mouse blastocyst complementation; Thymus development; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXN1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLOOD VESSEL; CHIMERA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE TARGETING; GENOMICS; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MESENCHYME; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMUS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BLOOD VESSELS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE TARGETING; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MORPHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELLS; STROMAL CELLS; THYMUS GLAND; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 23044513881     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0502752102     Document Type: Article

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