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Inhibition of endothelial cell apoptosis by netrin-1 during angiogenesis.
Developmental cell - 1 Apr 2009
Castets Marie, Coissieux Marie-May, Delloye-Bourgeois Céline, Bernard Laure, Delcros Jean-Guy, Bernet Agnès, Laudet Vincent, Mehlen Patrick
Abstract excerpt
Netrin-1 was recently proposed to play an important role in embryonic and pathological angiogenesis. However, data reported led to the apparently contradictory conclusions that netrin-1 is either a pro- or an antiangiogenic factor. Here, we reconcile these opposing observations by demonstrating that netrin-1 acts as a survival factor for endothelial cells, blocking the proapoptotic effect of the dependence...
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