An integrated approach to quantitative modelling in angiogenesis research

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 12, Issue 110, 2015, Pages

  Connor, Anthony J ^a   Nowak, Radosław P ^d   Lorenzon, Erica ^b   Thomas, Markus ^c   Herting, Frank ^b   Hoert, Stefan ^b   Quaiser, Tom ^b   Shochat, Eliezer ^c   Pitt Francis, Joe ^a   Cooper, Jonathan ^a   Maini, Philip K ^a   Byrne, Helen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROCHE INNOVATION CENTER MUNICH   (Germany)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Basic fibroblast growth factor; Cornea; Image analysis; Partial differential equation; Vascular endothelial growth factor A

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FIBROBLASTS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

ANGIOGENESIS; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CORNEA; EXPERIMENTAL ENVIRONMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; IMAGE PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR-A;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN A165; VASCULOTROPIN INHIBITOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A, MOUSE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; UPREGULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE MODEL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84942042413     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0546     Document Type: Article

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