The Roles of Growth Factor Interactions and Mechanical Tension in Angiogenesis

The Roles of Growth Factor Interactions and Mechanical Tension in Angiogenesis

Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from preexisting ones through creation of new vessel branch points by sprouting or vessel splitting, is an important part of tissue growth in both physiological processes like wound healing and pathological conditions such as cancer. Growth factors li...

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Main Author: Petersson, Ludvig
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi 2010
Subjects:
angiogenesis
myofibroblast
wound healing
VEGF
FGF
PDGF
endocan
endothelial cell
vascularization
MEDICINE
MEDICIN
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