ZFAT is essential for endothelial cell assembly and the branch point formation of capillary-like structures in an angiogenesis model

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 541-550

  Yoshida, Yasuhiro ^a   Tsunoda, Toshiyuki ^a   Takashima, Yasuo ^a   Fujimoto, Takahiro ^a   Doi, Keiko ^a   Sasazuki, Takehiko ^b   Kuroki, Masahide ^a   Iwasaki, Akinori ^a   Shirasawa, Senji ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Branch point formation; Endothelial cell assembly; HUVECs; Vascular remodeling; ZFAT

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER GENE IN AUTOIMMUNE THYROID DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY REGION PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 78649687027     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: 16891392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11658-010-0028-y     Document Type: Article

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