Large-vessel endothelium switches to a microvascular phenotype during angiogenesis in collagen gel culture of rat aorta.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the vasoformative behavior in vitro of the native intimal endothelium of the rat aorta. To visualize the intimal surface directly, thoracic aortas were everted using a procedure that sequestered adventitial cells and possible remnant microvessels of periaortic soft tissues inside the aortic tube. Everted aortas embedded in collagen gel and cultured under serum-free...

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