Shear-induced Notch-Cx37-p27 axis arrests endothelial cell cycle to enable arterial specification

New vessel formation relies on a tightly controlled switch in endothelial biology from proliferating to  specializing phenotypes. Here, Fang et al. elucidate the molecular mechanisms of this switch and show that the arterial shear activates a Notch-Cx37-p27 axis promoting endothelial cell cycle arre...

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Main Authors: Jennifer S. Fang, Brian G. Coon, Noelle Gillis, Zehua Chen, Jingyao Qiu, Thomas W. Chittenden, Janis M. Burt, Martin A. Schwartz, Karen K. Hirschi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01742-7