VEGF-C is a trophic factor for neural progenitors in the vertebrate embryonic brain

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 340-348

  Le Bras, Barbara ^a,b   Barallobre, Maria José ^a,b   Homman Ludiye, Jihane ^a,b   Ny, Annelii ^c   Wyns, Sabine ^c   Tammela, Tuomas ^d   Haiko, Paula ^d   Karkkainen, Marika J ^d   Yuan, Li ^a,e   Muriel, Marie Paule ^a,b   Chatzopoulou, Elli ^a,b   Bréant, Christiane ^a,e   Zalc, Bernard ^a,b   Carmeliet, Peter ^c   Alitalo, Kari ^d   Eichmann, Anne ^a,e   Thomas, Jean Léon ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; NESTIN; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; STEM CELL; TADPOLE; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; LARVA; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OPTIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEM CELLS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-3; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33344460695     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1646     Document Type: Article

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