Endothelial cell origin, differentiation, heterogeneity and function

Angiogenesis and Vascularisation: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in Health and Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3-26

  Grochot Przęczek, Anna ^a   Kozakowska, Magdalena ^a   Dulak, Józef ^a   Józkowicz, Alicja ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Endothelial cell differentiation; Endothelium; Hemangioblast

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930592794     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-1428-5_1     Document Type: Chapter

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