Specification and function of hemogenic endothelium during embryogenesis

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1547-1567

  Gritz, Emily ^a   Hirschi, Karen K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental hematopoiesis; Embryogenesis; Endothelial to hematopoietic transition; Hemogenic endothelium

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; HEMANGIOBLAST; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

RETINOIC ACID;

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEMANGIOBLASTS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84957564434     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2134-0     Document Type: Review

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