| Literature DB >> 7531623 |
K Kon1, T Fujiwara.
Abstract
Light- and electron-microscopic autoradiography have been used to study fibroblast transformation into endothelial cells in the formation of new blood vessels during wound healing in rabbit ear chambers. When cultured fibroblasts labeled with tritium thymidine were transplanted autologously into the chambers, newly formed blood vessels contained endothelial cells labeled with tritium thymidine. This result suggests that fibroblasts play a pivotal role in angiogenesis, as progenitors of endothelial cells in newly formed blood vessels.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7531623 DOI: 10.1007/bf00331383
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Tissue Res ISSN: 0302-766X Impact factor: 5.249