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FGF2 signaling is required for the development of neuronal circuits regulating blood pressure.
Circulation research - 11 Jan 2002
Dono Rosanna, Faulhaber Jörg, Galli Antonella, Zuniga Aimée, Volk Tilmann, Texido Gemma, Zeller Rolf, Ehmke Heimo
Abstract excerpt
Fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) signaling is involved in angiogenesis, vascular contractility, and cardiac hypertrophy. Mice lacking a functional FGF2 gene (FGF2(-/-)) are hypotensive, but the primary physiological role of FGF2 in cardiovascular homeostasis remained unknown. Using a chicken FGF2 (cFGF2) transgene under control of the Wnt-1 promotor, we selectively re-expressed FGF2 in the developing nervous...
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