Fusion of uniluminal vascular spheroids: A model for assembly of blood vessels

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 398-406

  Fleming, Paul A ^a   Argraves, W Scott ^a   Gentile, Carmine ^a   Neagu, Adrian ^b,c   Forgacs, Gabor ^c,d   Drake, Christopher J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Angiogenesis; Blood vessels; Differential adhesion; Dorsal aorta; Spheroids; Tissue liquidity

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUSION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DESCENDING AORTA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UNILUMINAL VASCULAR SPHEROID; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL FUSION; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HYDROGELS; MICE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; RATS; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 75149129156     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22161     Document Type: Article

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