Fibroblast‐dependent differentiation of human microvascular endothelial cells into capillary‐like, three‐dimensional networks
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- 7 June 2002
- journal article
- fj express-summarie
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 16 (10) , 1316-1318
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.01-1011fje
Abstract
An in vitro model has been developed to study migration, survival, proliferation, and capillary-like differentiation of human microvascular endothelial cells (HMVECs) in an environment that avoids tu...Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institutes of Health (CA47159, CA25874, CA10815)
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