Using In Vivo and Tissue and Cell Explant Approaches to Study the Morphogenesis and Pathogenesis of the Embryonic and Perinatal Aorta.
Misra A, Feng Z, Zhang J, Lou ZY, Greif DM. Using In Vivo and Tissue and Cell Explant Approaches to Study the Morphogenesis and Pathogenesis of the Embryonic and Perinatal Aorta. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2017 PMID: 28930997, PMCID: PMC5752224, DOI: 10.3791/56039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmooth muscle cellsAortic smooth muscle cellsPregnant micePharmacological agentsAortic wallAortaLarge arteriesAdult aortaMuscle cellsEndothelial cellsPathological modelsHypothesis-generating experimentsContinuous exposureCell explantsTissue explantsPathogenesisFate mappingSpecific gene targetsClonal analysisNormal developmentVivoGene targetsExtracellular matrixClonal architectureCells