Apoptosis regulates endothelial cell number and capillary vessel diameter but not vessel regression during retinal angiogenesis

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 143, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 2973-2982

  Watson, Emma C ^a,b   Koenig, Monica N ^a   Grant, Zoe L ^a,b   Whitehead, Lachlan ^a,b   Trounson, Evelyn ^a   Dewson, Grant ^a,b   Coultas, Leigh ^a,b  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Apoptosis; Endothelial cell; Hyaloid vessels; Tissue remodelling

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA VEIN; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

PROTEIN BAX;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; MALE; MICE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RETINA;

EID: 84983048252     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.137513     Document Type: Article

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