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SUBMITTER: Cool J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3017142 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cool Jonah J DeFalco Tony J TJ Capel Blanche B
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20101220 1
The initiation of de novo testis cord organization in the fetal gonad is poorly understood. Endothelial cell migration into XY gonads initiates testis morphogenesis. However, neither the signals that regulate vascularization of the gonad nor the mechanisms through which vessels affect tissue morphogenesis are known. Here, we show that Vegf signaling is required for gonad vascularization and cord morphogenesis. We establish that interstitial cells express Vegfa and respond, by proliferation, to e ...[more]