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Putative intermediate precursor between hematogenic endothelial cells and blood cells in the developing embryo.
Development, growth & differentiation - 1 Feb 2003
Fraser Stuart T, Ogawa Minetaro, Yokomizo Tomomasa, Ito Yoshiaki, Nishikawa Satomi, Nishikawa Shin-Ichi
Abstract excerpt
During embryogenesis, endothelial cells are a source of hematopoietic cells. Vascular endothelial (VE)-cadherin modulates adherens junctions between endothelial cells. How endothelial cells, integrated into the vascular bed via adherens junctions, give rise to free-floating hematopoietic cells has been examined. Contrary to our previous reports, in this report a cell type simultaneously expressing VE-cadherin and...
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