Homeobox genes in normal and abnormal vasculogenesis

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 651-658

  Cantile, M ^a   Schiavo, G ^b   Terracciano, L ^b   Cillo, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Homeobox genes; HOX genes; Vascular remodelling; Vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

HHEX PROTEIN, HUMAN; HOMEOBOX PROTEIN HOXA9; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR 4E; MEOX2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROSPERO RELATED HOMEOBOX 1 PROTEIN; PROSPERO-RELATED HOMEOBOX 1 PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4E; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 56149113713     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2008.08.001     Document Type: Review

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