Epicardial-myocardial signaling directing coronary vasculogenesis

Circulation Research

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 818-832

  Olivey, Harold E ^a   Svensson, Eric C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary vessel; Epicardium; Growth factors; Myocardium; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 2; ANGIOPOIETIN; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; BETA CATENIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; ENDOCRINE GLAND DERIVED VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 16; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GROWTH FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULOTROPIN; VELAFERMIN; WNT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANGIOGENESIS; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART PACING; HEDGEHOG; HUMAN; MESENCHYME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; HEART MUSCLE; METABOLISM; PERICARDIUM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MYOCARDIUM; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PERICARDIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77950871039     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.209197     Document Type: Review

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