Generation of Functional Blood Vessels from a Single c-kit+ Adult Vascular Endothelial Stem Cell

PLoS Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Fang, Shentong ^a,b   Wei, Jing ^a,b   Pentinmikko, Nalle ^a,b   Leinonen, Hannele ^a,b   Salven, Petri ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 1; CD31 ANTIGEN; ENDOGLIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT STEM CELL; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CANCER GROWTH; CELL CLONING; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAUGHTER CELL; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MELANOMA B16; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STEM CELL EXPANSION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL STEM CELL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84868128328     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001407     Document Type: Article

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