- ►ahajournals.org A Armulik, A Abramsson, C Betsholtz - Circulation research, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc Interactions between endothelial cells and mural cells (pericytes and vascular
smooth muscle cells) in the blood vessel wall have recently come into focus as
central processes in the regulation of vascular formation, stabilization, ... Cited by 306 - Related articles - All 10 versions
H Gerhardt, C Betsholtz - Cell and tissue research, 2003 - Springer Abstract It takes two to make blood vessels—endothe- lial cells and pericytes.
While the endothelial cells are the better characterized of the two, pericytes
are now coming into focus as important regulators of angiogenesis and blood ... Cited by 263 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] P Lindblom, H Gerhardt, S Liebner, A … - Genes & development, 2003 - genesdev.cshlp.org Several platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and vascular endothelial growth
factor (VEGF) family members display C-terminal protein motifs that confer
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EC Tsilibary - The Journal of Pathology, 2003 - ingentaconnect.com The alterations in the microvascular system of diabetes mellitus patients are
responsible for the most devastating complications of this widespread disease.
In the kidney, the microan- giopathy leads to thickening of the glomerular ... Cited by 129 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►dukejournals.org [PDF] G Bergers, S Song - Neuro-oncology, 2005 - Duke Univ Press Blood vessels are composed of two interacting cell types. Endothelial cells form
the inner lining of the vessel wall, and perivascular cells—referred to as
pericytes, vascular smooth muscle cells or mural cells—envelop the ... Cited by 126 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
S Yamagishi, T Imaizumi - Current pharmaceutical design, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com Abstract: Diabetic vascular complication is a leading cause of end-stage renal
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G Thurston - Cell and tissue research, 2003 - Springer Abstract This review focuses on the signaling system involving the
Angiopoietin1/Tie2 receptor, which appears to be involved in the secondary
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- ►ukpmc.ac.uk JH Paik, A Skoura, SS Chae, AE Cowan, DK … - Genes & development, 2004 - genesdev.cshlp.org Vascular stabilization, a process by which nascent vessels are invested with
mural cells, is important in angiogenesis. Here we describe the molecular basis
of vascular stabilization regulated by sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), a ... Cited by 91 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►nih.gov J Andrae, R Gallini, C Betsholtz - Genes & development, 2008 - genesdev.cshlp.org Platelet-derived growth factors (PDGFs) and their receptors (PDGFRs) have served
as prototypes for growth factor and receptor tyrosine kinase function for more
than 25 years. Studies of PDGFs and PDGFRs in animal development have ... Cited by 88 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►iovs.org PM Martin, P Roon, TK Van Ells, V Ganapathy … - Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2004 - ARVO RESULTS. Morphometric analysis of retinal cross sections of mice that had been
diabetic 14 weeks showed 20% to 25% fewer cells in the ganglion cell layer
compared with age-matched control mice. There was a modest, but ... Cited by 84 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
