Gene expression profile of lymphatic endothelial cells

Cell Biology International

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1177-1187

  Wang, Peiliang ^a   Cheng, Yongbo ^a,b  

^a XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Medical Records ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Biological function; Expression file; Lymphatic endothelial cell; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; CD31 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHEMOKINE; COXSACKIE VIRUS AND ADENOVIRUS RECEPTOR; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; FIBRILLIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GALECTIN 8; INTEGRIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; JUNCTIONAL ADHESION MOLECULE A; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR MARKER; NEUROPILIN 2; PODOPLANIN; SNARE PROTEIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX18; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR ORGANISM; CIRCULATION; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUID TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; METASTASIS; MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 80955159728     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: 10958355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CBI20100871     Document Type: Article

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