Open AccessTwo ways VEGF-A builds a vessel
Author(s) -
Nicole LeBrasseur
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb1616iti1
Subject(s) - biology , vegf receptors , microbiology and biotechnology , computational biology , cancer research
![Graphic][1] Tip cell (green) filopodia follow VEGF-A–expressing astrocytes (red).On [page 1163][2], Gerhardt et al. present a mechanism to explain the function of VEGF in angiogenesis. Their findings implicate a specialized cell at the tips of vessels in guiding the growth of
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