The role of blood flow and microRNAs in blood vessel development

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 419-429

  Liu, Dong ^a   Krueger, Janna ^a   Le Noble, Ferdinand ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood vessel; Development; Endothelial cell; MicroRNA; Smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MIR 126; MIR 130A; MIR 143; MIR 145; MIR 17-92; MIR 21; MIR 210; MIR 221; MIR 222; MIR 296; MIR 320; MIR 378; MIR 92A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BLOOD FLOW; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MICE; MICRORNAS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 79961001070     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.103220dl     Document Type: Article

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