Regulation of endothelial cell differentiation and specification

Circulation Research

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1272-1287

  Marcelo, Kathrina L ^a,c,d,e   Goldie, Lauren C ^b,c,d,e   Hirschi, Karen K ^b,c,d,e,f  

^a Program in Developmental Biology   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^c CENTER FOR CELL AND GENE THERAPY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

arterio venous specification; endothelial cells; hemogenic endothelium; lymphatic endothelium

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEMANGIOBLAST; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, LYMPHATIC; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84877259309     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.113.300506     Document Type: Review

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