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Endothelial Cells / Endothelium
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Contents
Characteristics of endothelial cells:
- Life cycle of the vasculature
- Vasculogenesis
- Angiogenesis
- Maintenance and quiescence
- Aging
- Responsive and relaying functions of the vessel wall
- Barrier
- Cell trafficking
- Perfusion and permeability
- Blood pressure regulation
- Coagulation
- Instructive functions of the endothelium
- Mechano-transduction
- Metabolic interface
- Instructive signaling
The dysfunction of blood-vessel-lining endothelial cells is a major cause of mortality. Endoth…
References (Sources)
- A systems view of the vascular endothelium in health and disease
- Angiocrine functions of organ-specific endothelial cells
- Endothelial Function and Pathogenesis of Endothelial Dysfunction
- Organ-specific lymphatic vasculature: From development to pathophysiology
- The quiescent endothelium: signalling pathways regulating organ-specific endothelial normalcy