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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: J. Geoffrey Pickering
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-21363 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Frontini Matthew J MJ Nong Zengxuan Z Gros Robert R Drangova Maria M O'Neil Caroline C Rahman Mona N MN Akawi Oula O Yin Hao H Ellis Christopher G CG Pickering J Geoffrey JG
Nature biotechnology 20110417 5
The therapeutic potential of angiogenic growth factors has not been realized. This may be because formation of endothelial sprouts is not followed by their muscularization into vasoreactive arteries. Using microarray expression analysis, we discovered that fibroblast growth factor 9 (FGF9) was highly upregulated as human vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) assemble into layered cords. FGF9 was not angiogenic when mixed with tissue implants or delivered to the ischemic mouse hind limb, but instea ...[more]