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Temporally expressed PDGF and FGF-2 regulate embryonic coronary artery formation and growth.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Jul 2008
Tomanek Robert J, Hansen Heidi K, Christensen Lance P
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: PDGF and FGF-2 are important regulators of vascular wall assembly. We tested the hypothesis that their embryonic temporal expression facilitates 2 specific events: (1) the endothelial invasion of the aortic root to form the coronary artery stems and (2) the subsequent growth and development of the arterial tree. METHODS AND RESULTS: Addition of FGF-2 and PDGF-BB proteins to embryonic quail heart...
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