Maternal Diabetes: Effects on Embryonic Vascular Development—A Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A-mediated Process
Madri JA, Enciso J, Pinter E. Maternal Diabetes: Effects on Embryonic Vascular Development—A Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A-mediated Process. Pediatric And Developmental Pathology 2003, 6: 334-341. PMID: 14692647, DOI: 10.1007/s10024-003-5051-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmbryonic lethal phenotypeGrowth factorVascular endothelial growth factorEndothelial growth factorEpithelial-mesenchymal transformationCardiovascular patterningAberrant organogenesisLethal phenotypeVasculogenesis/angiogenesisPhosphorylation stateTargeted mutationsYolk sacMajor congenital malformationsFactor 1Major birth defectsGrowth factor-1OrganogenesisAdhesion moleculesConceptus culturesMaternal diabetesDiabetic miceCardiovascular abnormalitiesVitelline circulationCongenital malformationsBirth defects