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Crim1 maintains retinal vascular stability during development by regulating endothelial cell Vegfa autocrine signaling.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jan 2014
Fan Jieqing, Ponferrada Virgilio G, Sato Tomohito, Vemaraju Shruti, Fruttiger Marcus, Gerhardt Holger, Ferrara Napoleone, Lang Richard A
Abstract excerpt
Angiogenesis defines the process in which new vessels grow from existing vessels. Using the mouse retina as a model system, we show that cysteine-rich motor neuron 1 (Crim1), a type I transmembrane protein, is highly expressed in angiogenic endothelial cells. Conditional deletion of the Crim1 gen...
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