Rho signaling and mechanical control of vascular development

Current Opinion in Hematology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 228-234

  Mammoto, Akiko ^a   Mammoto, Tadanori ^a   Ingber, Donald E ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cytoskeleton; Mechanotransduction; Platelet; Rho

Indexed keywords

INTEGRIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINE; CELL MOTION; CELL STRUCTURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MEGAKARYOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS; VASCULARIZATION;

BIOMECHANICS; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RHO FACTOR; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 41949104623     PISSN: 10656251     EISSN: 15317048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOH.0b013e3282fa7445     Document Type: Review

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