FOXF1 transcription factor is required for formation of embryonic vasculature by regulating VEGF signaling in endothelial cells

Circulation Research

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 709-720

  Ren, Xiaomeng ^a   Ustiyan, Vladimir ^a   Pradhan, Arun ^a   Cai, Yuqi ^a   Havrilak, Jamie A ^a   Bolte, Craig S ^a   Shannon, John M ^a   Kalin, Tanya V ^a   Kalinichenko, Vladimir V ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Endothelial cells; Pulmonary circulation; Vascular endothelial growth factor A

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; BETA3 INTEGRIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; EPHRIN B2; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXF1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXF1A PROTEIN, MOUSE; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ALLELE; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FENDRR GENE; FOXF1 GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MALE; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENE; 129 MOUSE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BLOOD VESSEL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUNG; MESODERM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VASCULARIZATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD VESSELS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84921739891     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.304382     Document Type: Article

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