Vascular endothelial cells form the inner layer of blood vessels where they have a key role in the development and maintenance of the functional circulatory system and provide paracrine support to ...

Mitochondria play a key role in the formation of the lymphatic vasculature, according to a study published in Science Advances. The organelle controls a key autoregulatory feedback loop operating ...

The blood vasculature in the brain is a highly ramified, complex but well-organized vessel network. During development, the pathfinding of growing vessels is critical for the patterning of the brain ...

The inclusion of multiscale vascular networks portraying a correct hierarchical organization within engineered tissues is essential for the tissue viability and function. Vascular networks that ...

Researchers have built the first-ever molecular atlas of the human brain vasculature at single-cell resolution, spanning from early development to adulthood and through disease stages such as brain ...

Blood vessels are an essential, but largely passive infrastructure for organ development, supplying metabolic provisions to the dividing cells. But, in September 28 on line Science, Eckhard Lammert ...

When an embryo develops, a wide variety of proteins and enzymes trigger a series of biochemical reactions. The development of the lymphatic vasculature is crucially dependent on one specific protein - ...

The reconstruction of head and neck defects following oncologic surgery remains a significant surgical challenge. The submental island flap, harvested from the chin region, is a valuable workhorse due ...

An international consortium of researchers led by University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto and University of Zurich have built the first-ever molecular atlas of the human brain vasculature at single ...