Brothers and sisters: Molecular insights into arterial-venous heterogeneity

Circulation Research

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 929-939

  Aitsebaomo, Julius ^a   Portbury, Andrea L ^a   Schisler, Jonathan C ^a   Patterson, Cam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial venous specification; Molecular heterogeneity; Vascular development

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN B2; EPHRIN B4; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPILIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

BLOOD VESSEL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPIGENETICS; HEART BEAT; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ARTERY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VEIN;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VEINS;

EID: 55449108941     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.108.184937     Document Type: Review

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