Blood flow-induced Notch activation and endothelial migration enable vascular remodeling in zebrafish embryos

Autor: Bart Weijts, Edgar Gutierrez, Semion K. Saikin, Ararat J. Ablooglu, David Traver, Alex Groisman, Eugene Tkachenko
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07732-7
Popis: The mechanisms of sensing of blood flow and responses to it in vascular remodelling are poorly understood. Here, the authors show that in zebrafish blood flow controls both the fate determination of individual blood vessels and the arterial versus venous identity of endothelial cells lining them.
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