Coronary vessel development and insight towards neovascular therapy

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 262-283

  Smart, Nicola ^a   Dubé, Karina N ^a   Riley, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenic therapy; Coronary angiogenesis; Coronary vasculogenesis; Epicardium; Neovascularization

Indexed keywords

3,5 DIIODOTHYROPROPIONIC ACID; ANGIOPOIETIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GROWTH FACTOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PODOPLANIN; RECOMBINANT VASCULOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT VASCULOTROPIN A 165; RETINOIC ACID; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; THYMOSIN BETA4; THYROXINE DERIVATIVE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; WILM TUMOR 1 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGENESIS; ANGIOGENIC GENE THERAPY; CELL HOMING; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPICARDIUM; GENE THERAPY; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGENERATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VASCULAR TISSUE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOGENESIS INDUCING AGENTS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 65549111271     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2009.00646.x     Document Type: Review

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