Creating unique blood vessels

Peter Carmeliet ()
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Peter Carmeliet: Centre for Transgene Technology and Gene Therapy, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, University of Leuven

Nature, 2001, vol. 412, issue 6850, 868-869

Abstract: When tissues need more oxygen, they release molecules that encourage blood vessels to grow. The discovery of the first such molecule that is specific to one type of tissue has implications for cancer and heart failure.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1038/35091178

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