Vegfa signaling promotes zebrafish intestinal vasculature development through endothelial cell migration from the posterior cardinal vein

Developmental Biology

Volumn 411, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 115-127

  Koenig, Andrew L ^a   Baltrunaite, Kristina ^a   Bower, Neil I ^b   Rossi, Andrea ^c   Stainier, Didier Y R ^c   Hogan, Benjamin M ^b   Sumanas, Saulius ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intestinal; Organ; Vascular endothelial; Vegf; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C, ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEMANGIOBLAST; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINAL VASCULATURE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTYPY; SUB INTESTINAL VEIN; SUPRA INTESTINAL ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL MOVEMENT; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; INTESTINES; MORPHOLINOS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-3; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84959112561     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.01.002     Document Type: Article

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