Article
Alk1/Endoglin signaling restricts vein cell size increases in response to hemodynamic cues.
Angiogenesis - 10 Dec 2024
Diwan Zeenat, Kang Jia, Tsztoo Emma, Siekmann Arndt F
Abstract excerpt
Hemodynamic cues are thought to control blood vessel hierarchy through a shear stress set point, where flow increases lead to blood vessel diameter expansion, while decreases in blood flow cause blood vessel narrowing. Aberrations in blood vessel diameter control can cause congenital arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). We show in zebrafish embryos that while arteries behave according to the shear stress set point...
Topics
- Animals
- Zebrafish
- Signal Transduction
- Hemodynamics
- Zebrafish Proteins
- Endoglin
- Veins
- Cell Size
- Arteriovenous Malformations
- Activin Receptors, Type II
- Endothelial Cells
