Sox18 induces development of the lymphatic vasculature in mice

Nature

Volumn 456, Issue 7222, 2008, Pages 643-647

  François, Mathias ^a   Caprini, Andrea ^b   Hosking, Brett ^a   Orsenigo, Fabrizio ^b   Wilhelm, Dagmar ^a   Browne, Catherine ^a   Paavonen, Karri ^c   Karnezis, Tara ^c   Shayan, Ramin ^c,d   Downes, Meredith ^a   Davidson, Tara ^a   Tutt, Desmond ^a   Cheah, Kathryn S E ^e   Stacker, Steven A ^c   Muscat, George E O ^a   Achen, Marc G ^c   Dejana, Elisabetta ^b,f   Koopman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN PROX 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOASSAY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; EDEMA; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EPHRIN-B2; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYPOTRICHOSIS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SOXF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TELANGIECTASIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-3; VEINS;

MUS; PROSPERO;

EID: 57349142376     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07391     Document Type: Article

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