Perlecan Maintains Microvessel Integrity In Vivo and Modulates Their Formation In Vitro

Perlecan is a heparan sulfate proteoglycan assembled into the vascular basement membranes (BMs) during vasculogenesis. In the present study we have investigated vessel formation in mice, teratomas and embryoid bodies (EBs) in the absence of perlecan. We found that perlecan was dispensable for blood...

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Main Authors: Gustafsson, Erika, Almonte-Becerril, Maylin, Bloch, Wilhelm, Costell, Mercedes
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3540034/