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Flt1/VEGFR1 heterozygosity causes transient embryonic edema.
Scientific reports - 2 Jun 2016
Otowa Yasunori, Moriwaki Kazumasa, Sano Keigo, Shirakabe Masanori, Yonemura Shigenobu, Shibuya Masabumi, Rossant Janet, Suda Toshio, Kakeji Yoshihiro, Hirashima Masanori
Abstract excerpt
Vascular endothelial growth factor-A is a major player in vascular development and a potent vascular permeability factor under physiological and pathological conditions by binding to a decoy receptor Flt1 and its primary receptor Flk1. In this study, we show that Flt1 heterozygous (Flt1(+/-)) mouse embryos grow up to adult without life-threatening abnormalities but exhibit a transient embryonic edema around the...
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