Pericyte contractility controls endothelial cell cycle progression and sprouting: Insights into angiogenic switch mechanics

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 9, 2014, Pages C878-C892

  Durham, Jennifer T ^a   Surks, Howard K ^a   Dulmovits, Brian M ^a   Herman, Ira M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Capillary; Cytoskeleton; Mural cell; Myosin light chain; Myosin light chain phosphatase; Rho kinase

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ACTIN CAPPING PROTEIN;

3T3 CELL LINE; ANGIOGENESIS; ANGIOGENIC SWITCH MECHANIC; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL INTERACTION; CYTOSKELETON; DNA LIBRARY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRESS FIBER; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BOVINE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL SIZE; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; COS 1 CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACTIN CAPPING PROTEINS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MICE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PERICYTES; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84908519693     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00185.2014     Document Type: Article

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