Embryonic origins of human vascular smooth muscle cells: Implications for in vitro modeling and clinical application

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2271-2288

  Sinha, Sanjay ^a,b   Iyer, Dharini ^a,b   Granata, Alessandra ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease modeling; Embryo; Smooth muscle cell; Stem cell; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; FIBRILLIN 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

CADASIL; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; EPICARDIUM; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GASTRULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MARFAN SYNDROME; MESODERM; NEURAL CREST; PERICYTE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 84901690171     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1554-3     Document Type: Review

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