Flow control in our vessels: Vascular valves make sure there is no way back

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1055-1066

  Bazigou, Eleni ^a,b   Makinen, Taija ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Lymphatic vessel; Morphogenesis; Valve; Vein

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; CONNEXIN 47; PROTEIN PROX1; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHATIC VALVE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VEIN VALVE;

BLOOD VESSELS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS VALVES;

EID: 84875221828     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1110-6     Document Type: Review

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