Cellular origin and developmental program of coronary angiogenesis

Circulation Research

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 515-530

  Tian, Xueying ^a   Pu, William T ^b,c   Zhou, Bin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary vessels; Endocardium; Sinus venosus

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; EMBRYO; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPICARDIUM; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MARKER GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINUS VENOSUS; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; ORGANOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; ORGANOGENESIS;

EID: 84927169682     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.305097     Document Type: Review

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