Contribution of endothelial cells to organogenesis: A modern reappraisal of an old Aristotelian concept

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 211, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 415-427

  Crivellato, Enrico ^a   Nico, B ^b   Ribatti, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Endothelial cells; Organ formation; Signalling pathways; Vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANGIOPOIETIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBRONECTIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1BETA; INTEGRIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; NETRIN; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEUROPILIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; SEMAPHORIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; SPROUTY PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADIPOGENESIS; ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GASTRULATION; GENE MUTATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MESODERM; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; ORGANOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34648817203     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00790.x     Document Type: Review

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