Molecular mechanisms of endothelial differentiation

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 321-331

  Le Bras, Alex ^a   Vijayaraj, Preethi ^a   Oettgen, Peter ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Endothelium; Vascular

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; WNT PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77955870523     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X10371685     Document Type: Review

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