When It Is Better to Regress: Dynamics of Vascular Pruning
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When It Is Better to Regress: Dynamics of Vascular Pruning
Blood vascular networks in vertebrates are essential to tissue survival. Establishment of a fully functional vasculature is complex and requires a number of steps including vasculogenesis and angiogenesis that are followed by differentiation into specialized vascular tissues (i.e., arteries, veins, and lymphatics) and organ-specific differentiation. However, an equally essential step in this pr...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS Biology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1545-7885
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002148