Exercise-induced capillary growth in human skeletal muscle and the dynamics of VEGF

Microcirculation

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 301-314

  Hoier, Birgitte ^a   Hellsten, Ylva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Capillary; Endothelial; Exercise training; Interstitial; Physical activity; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 2; CADHERIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPILIN 1; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VASCULOTROPIN A; VEGFA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANGIOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CAPILLARY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; SARCOLEMMA; SHEAR STRESS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; CAPILLARY; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS);

CAPILLARIES; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; SARCOLEMMA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84901001360     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/micc.12117     Document Type: Review

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