Plasticity of Myocytes and Capillaries

Plasticity of myocytes and capillaries: a possible coordinating role for VEGF.

Blood vessels in muscle proliferate or regress under the control of a variety of physiological and pathological stimuli. Therapeutic angiogenesis applied to the myocardium or to skeletal muscle seeks to exploit this phenomenon to treat disorders of inadequate perfusion.1 Early results obtained from uncontrolled human trials using angiogenic agents, for example, vascular endothelial growth facto...

Simulstion of Gas Diffusion in Capillaries and Porous Solids

Simulstion of Gas Diffusion in Capillaries and Porous Solids

VEGF-dependent plasticity of fenestrated capillaries in the normal adult microvasculature.

Unlike during development, blood vessels in the adult are generally thought not to require VEGF for normal function. However, VEGF is a survival factor for many tumor vessels, and there are clues that some normal blood vessels may also depend on VEGF. In this study, we sought to identify which, if any, vascular beds in adult mice depend on VEGF for survival. Mice were treated with a small-molec...

postnatal studies of bats (pipistrellus kuhlii and miniopterus schreibersii) & histomorphology and histochemistry studies of organs and diseases of (neurergus microspilotus and n. kaiseri)

1. to determine whether difference in birth body mass influenced growth performance in pipistrellus kuhlii we studied a total of 12 captive-born neonates. bats were assigned to two body mass groups: light birth body mass (lbw: 0.89 ± 0.05, n=8) and heavy birth body mass (hbw: 1.35 ± 0.08, n=4). heavier body mass at birth was associated with rapid postnatal growth (body mass and forearm length) ...