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Cardiovascular System & Cardiology
Abstract:
The molecular and cellular mechanisms governing vascular development ave still poorly understood. Prominent among the intercellular signals that control the initial establishment of the vascular network (termed vasculogenesis) and the subsequent remodeling process (called angiogenesis) ave soluble ligands that signal through receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). Recent reports have added cell-bound ephrin ligands and their cognate Eph RTKs to the list of key players in vascular development. (C) 2001, Elsevier Science Inc.
