Phenotypic heterogeneity of the endothelium: II. Representative vascular beds

Circulation Research

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 174-190

  Aird, William C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Endothelium; Heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; EPHRIN B2; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B4; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; NEUROPILIN; NEUROPILIN 2; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATASE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

CAPILLARY FLOW; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL VACUOLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY RISK; CORONARY SINUS; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; LIVER SINUSOID; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG ENDOTHELIUM; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TIGHT JUNCTION; VENULE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 33846849237     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000255690.03436.ae     Document Type: Review

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