Embryonic development of the proepicardium and coronary vessels

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 229-236

  Ratajska, Anna ^a   Czarnowska, Elzbieta ^b   Ciszek, Bogdan ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coronary vessel development; Epicardium; Hematopoiesis; Mesenchymal cell; Vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPICARDIUM; FIBROBLAST; GENETIC MARKER; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CORONARY VESSELS; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 42349086538     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.072340ar     Document Type: Review

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