Article
Thymosin β4 is not required for embryonic viability or vascular development.
Circulation research - 1 Feb 2013
Banerjee Indroneal, Moore Morris Thomas, Evans Sylvia M, Chen Ju
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Rossdeutsch et al describe a requirement for thymosin β4 (Tβ4) in vascular development. Impaired mural cell migration, differentiation, partial embryonic lethality, and hemorrhaging were observed after analysis of 2 lines of mice, one of which was germline null for Tβ4 and another in which Tβ4 was knocked down by endothelial-specific expression of Tβ4 short hairpin RNA. These data are in direct...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
