Endothelial precursor cell migration during vasculogenesis

Circulation Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-136

  Schmidt, Annette ^a   Brixius, Klara ^a   Bloch, Wilhelm ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angioblasts; Endothelial progenitors; Extracellular matrix; Growth factors

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CHEMOATTRACTANT; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE; EPHRIN B2; EPHRIN B4; FREE RADICAL; GROWTH FACTOR; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; INTERLEUKIN 8; MORPHOGEN; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOVEMENT; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; ORGANOGENESIS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 34547582336     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.107.148932     Document Type: Review

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