A BMPy Road for Venous Development

Lauren M Goddard; Mark L Kahn

doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2017.08.016

A BMPy Road for Venous Development

Dev Cell. 2017 Sep 11;42(5):435-436. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.08.016.

Authors

Lauren M Goddard¹, Mark L Kahn²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
² Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 28898672
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.08.016

Abstract

Detailed molecular pathways for the specific growth of arteries and lymphatic vessels have been identified, but the mechanisms controlling venous vessel growth have been obscure. Tischfield and colleagues (2017) shed new light on this problem by identifying a role for BMP signaling in development of the cerebral venous system.

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MeSH terms

Arteries
Humans
Lymphatic Vessels*
Signal Transduction
Veins*