Role of PDGF-B and PDGFR-beta in recruitment of vascular smooth muscle cells and pericytes during embryonic blood vessel formation in the mouse.

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Summary

This work used desmin and alpha-smooth muscle actin (ASMA) as markers to analyze vSMC/PC development in PDGF-B-/- and PDGFR-beta-/- embryos and found that endothelial expression of PDGF -B was restricted to immature capillary endothelial cells and to the endothelium of growing arteries.

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1999-07-15
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Pericyte, Biology, Platelet-derived growth factor receptor, Mural cell, Vascular smooth muscle

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