Lymphatic endothelial cell identity is reversible and its maintenance requires Prox1 activity

Genes and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 3282-3291

  Johnson, Nicole C ^a   Dillard, Miriam E ^a   Baluk, Peter ^b   McDonald, Donald M ^b   Harvey, Natasha L ^c   Frase, Sharon L ^a   Oliver, Guillermo ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HANSON INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood endothelial cells; Lymphangiogenesis; Lymphatic endothelial cells; Prox1; Reprogramming; siRNA

Indexed keywords

SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL TYPE; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HOMEOBOX; HOMEOBOX GENE PROX1; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VASCULARIZATION; VENOUS BLOOD;

ANIMALS; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; PHENOTYPE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 57749087100     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1727208     Document Type: Article

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