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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Soncin F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC275406 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Soncin Fabrice F Mattot Virginie V Lionneton Frédéric F Spruyt Nathalie N Lepretre Frédéric F Begue Agnès A Stehelin Dominique D
The EMBO journal 20031101 21
The recruitment and proliferation of smooth muscle cells and pericytes are two key events for the stabilization of newly formed capillaries during angiogenesis and, when out of control in the adult, are the main causes of arteriosclerosis. We have identified a novel gene, named VE-statin for vascular endothelial-statin, which is expressed specifically by endothelial cells of the developing mouse embryo and in the adult, and in early endothelial progenitors. The mouse and human VE-statin genes ha ...[more]