Importance of forkhead transcription factor Fkhl18 for development of testicular vasculature

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1361-1371

  Sato, Yuko ^a,c   Baba, Takashi ^a   Zubair, Mohamad ^a,d   Miyabayashi, Kanako ^a   Toyama, Yoshiro ^b   Maekawa, Mamiko ^b   Owaki, Akiko ^a   Mizusaki, Hirofumi ^a,e   Sawamura, Tatsuya ^c   Toshimori, Kiyotaka ^b   Morohashi, Ken Ichirou ^a,f   Katoh Fukui, Yuko ^a,g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Endothelial cells; Fetal development; Fkhl18; Forkhead; Gonad; Periendothelial cells; Vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; FAS LIGAND; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKH118; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHRL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETUS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD VESSELS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LAC OPERON; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

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EID: 47749103330     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20888     Document Type: Article

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