Elongation, proliferation and migration differentiate endothelial cell phenotypes and determine capillary sprouting

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Qutub, Amina A ^a   Popel, Aleksander S ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAPILLARY; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

CAPILLARIES; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 65449162276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-3-13     Document Type: Article

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