Article
Capillary growth: a two-cell system.
Seminars in cancer biology - 1 Apr 1992
D'Amore P A
Abstract excerpt
Angiogenesis is central to a number of normal and pathologic processes, including tumor growth. The identification of several angiogenic factors and the isolation and culture of capillary endothelial cells (EC) have led to a greater understanding of the cellular and biochemical bases of new vessel growth. Until recently EC have been the focus of most studies of microvascular growth. However, capillaries are not...
Topics
- Animals
- Capillaries
- Cell Communication
- Cell Division
- Cells, Cultured
- Endothelium, Vascular
- Humans
- Microcirculation
- Neoplasms
- Neovascularization, Pathologic
- Phenotype