The "self-similarity logic" applied to the development of the vascular system

Developmental Biology

Volumn 351, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 156-162

  Guidolin, Diego ^a   Crivellato, Enrico ^b   Ribatti, Domenico ^c  

^a Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology Anatomy Section   (Italy)

^b Anatomy section ^*  (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Endothelial cells; Organogenesis; Self similarity; Vascular system

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79551687092     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.12.045     Document Type: Article

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