Role of the Wilms' tumour transcription factor, Wt1, in blood vessel formation

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 458, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 315-323

  Scholz, Holger ^a   Wagner, Kay Dietrich ^b,c   Wagner, Nicole ^b,c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac ischaemia; Heart development; Tumor angiogenesis; Wilms' tumour suppressor Wt1

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 2; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; NESTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; WT1 PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CODON; DENYS DRASH SYNDROME; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NEPHROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA EDITING; RNA SPLICING; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART; HUMANS; MICE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; WT1 PROTEINS;

EID: 67349126154     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-008-0621-3     Document Type: Article

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