The role of the transcription factor KLF2 in vascular development and disease

Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 155-188

  Novodvorsky, Peter ^a   Chico, Timothy J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Atherosclerosis; Endothelium; KLF2; Shear stress; Valvulogenesis; Vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; CYTOKINE; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 2; MICRORNA; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; ENDOTHELIAL BARRIER FUNCTION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; GAP JUNCTION; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; VALVULOGENESIS; VASCULAR BIOLOGY; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VESSEL; EMBRYOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84898978106     PISSN: 18771173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386930-2.00007-0     Document Type: Chapter

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