Wnt1 is a proangiogenic molecule, enhances human endothelial progenitor function, and increases blood flow to ischemic limbs in a HGF-dependent manner

FASEB Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1836-1843

  Gherghe, Costin M ^a,b   Duan, Jinzhu ^a,b   Gong, Jucheng ^a,b   Rojas, Mauricio ^a   Klauber Demore, Nancy ^a,b   Majesky, Mark ^c   Deb, Arjun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Paracrine; Vascular progenitor

Indexed keywords

SCATTER FACTOR; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANGIOSARCOMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HINDLIMB; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MOUSE; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HINDLIMB; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; STEM CELLS; WNT1 PROTEIN;

MURINAE;

EID: 79957901687     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.10-172981     Document Type: Article

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