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Transcript analysis reveals a specific HOX signature associated with positional identity of human endothelial cells.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Toshner Mark, Dunmore Benjamin J, McKinney Eoin F, Southwood Mark, Caruso Paola, Upton Paul D, Waters John P, Ormiston Mark L, Skepper Jeremy N, Nash Gerard, Rana Amer A, Morrell Nicholas W
Abstract excerpt
The endothelial cell has a remarkable ability for sub-specialisation, adapted to the needs of a variety of vascular beds. The role of developmental programming versus the tissue contextual environment for this specialization is not well understood. Here we describe a hierarchy of expression of HOX genes associated with endothelial cell origin and location. In initial microarray studies, differential gene...
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