Sökning: "Mural cells"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 19 avhandlingar innehållade orden Mural cells.

  1. 11. Studies on pericytes in health and disease

    Författare :Maya Hestnes Nisancioglu; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Pericytes are the perivascular mural cells of microvessels. They are intimately associated with endothelial cells and communicate with them via direct physical contact or through paracrine signaling pathways. These interactions are important for blood vessel maturation, remodeling, and maintenance. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Exploring the functional heterogeneity of the tumor microenvironment

    Författare :Eliane Cortez; Avdelningen för translationell cancerforskning; []
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    Sammanfattning : Tumors are complex entities, composed of different functional populations of malignant and stromal cells. There is an emerging importance to understand previously unmapped communication routes between different cell and non-cell compartments of the tumor microenvironment. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Biological activities of novel platelet-derived growth factors, PDGF-C and PDGF-D

    Författare :Annica Pontén; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Platelet-derived growth factors (PDGFs) belong to the PDGF/VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) family of growth factors. Members of this family share a common structural feature, a conserved PDGF/VEGF homology domain, containing eight invariant cysteine residues. LÄS MER

  5. 14. The Roles of Growth Factor Interactions and Mechanical Tension in Angiogenesis

    Författare :Ludvig Petersson; Pär Gerwins; Filip Farnebo; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :angiogenesis; myofibroblast; wound healing; VEGF; FGF; PDGF; endocan; endothelial cell; vascularization; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Medicin; Medicine;

    Sammanfattning : Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from preexisting ones through creation of new vessel branch points by sprouting or vessel splitting, is an important part of tissue growth in both physiological processes like wound healing and pathological conditions such as cancer. Growth factors like VEGF-A, FGF-2 and PDGF-BB are involved in both types of angiogenesis. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Vascular remodeling in pulmonary hypertension

    Författare :Ya-Ting Chang; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a progressive obliterative vasculopathy with multifactorial etiology and high mortality rate. Endothelial dysfunction, excessive vascular remodeling, inflammation and in situ thrombosis contribute to increased vascular resistance and gradual occlusion of pulmonary vessels. LÄS MER