Tipping the balance: robustness of tip cell selection, migration and fusion in angiogenesis.
Vascular abnormalities contribute to many diseases such as cancer and diabetic retinopathy. In angiogenesis new blood vessels, headed by a migrating tip cell, sprout from pre-existing vessels in response to signals, e.g., vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Tip cells meet and fuse (anastomosi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-10-01
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| Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19876379/?tool=EBI |