Endothelial-specific cre mouse models: is your cre credibile?

S Payne, S De Val, A Neal - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and …, 2018‏ - ahajournals.org
The field of vascular biology has gained enormous insight from the use of Cre and inducible
Cre mouse models to temporally and spatially manipulate gene expression within the …

The developmental biology of genetic Notch disorders

J Mašek, ER Andersson - Development, 2017‏ - journals.biologists.com
Notch signaling regulates a vast array of crucial developmental processes. It is therefore not
surprising that mutations in genes encoding Notch receptors or ligands lead to a variety of …

Supporting conditional mouse mutagenesis with a comprehensive cre characterization resource

CS Heffner, C Herbert Pratt, RP Babiuk… - Nature …, 2012‏ - nature.com
Full realization of the value of the loxP-flanked alleles generated by the International
Knockout Mouse Consortium will require a large set of well-characterized cre-driver lines …

Murine coagulation factor VIII is synthesized in endothelial cells

LA Everett, ACA Cleuren, RN Khoriaty… - Blood, The Journal of …, 2014‏ - ashpublications.org
The primary cellular source of factor VIII (FVIII) biosynthesis is controversial, with
contradictory evidence supporting an endothelial or hepatocyte origin. LMAN1 is a cargo …

The in vivo endothelial cell translatome is highly heterogeneous across vascular beds

ACA Cleuren, MA van der Ent, H Jiang… - Proceedings of the …, 2019‏ - pnas.org
Endothelial cells (ECs) are highly specialized across vascular beds. However, given their
interspersed anatomic distribution, comprehensive characterization of the molecular basis …

A conditional knockout mouse model reveals endothelial cells as the principal and possibly exclusive source of plasma factor VIII

SA Fahs, MT Hille, Q Shi, H Weiler… - Blood, The Journal of …, 2014‏ - ashpublications.org
The cellular source of coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) remains controversial. Like many
coagulation proteins, FVIII is produced in the liver, and FVIII synthesis has long been …

Deciphering hematopoietic stem cells in their niches: a critical appraisal of genetic models, lineage tracing, and imaging strategies

C Joseph, JM Quach, CR Walkley, SW Lane, CL Celso… - Cell stem cell, 2013‏ - cell.com
In recent years, technical developments in mouse genetics and imaging equipment have
substantially advanced our understanding of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and their …

[HTML][HTML] Pericytes are heterogeneous in their origin within the same tissue

PHDM Prazeres, IFG Sena, I da Terra Borges… - Developmental …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Pericytes heterogeneity is based on their morphology, distribution, and markers. It is well
known that pericytes from different organs may have distinct embryonic sources. Yamazaki …

Endothelial α5 and αv integrins cooperate in remodeling of the vasculature during development

A van der Flier, K Badu-Nkansah… - …, 2010‏ - journals.biologists.com
Integrin cell adhesion receptors and fibronectin, one of their extracellular matrix ligands,
have been demonstrated to be important for angiogenesis using functional perturbation …

FoxOs integrate pleiotropic actions of insulin in vascular endothelium to protect mice from atherosclerosis

K Tsuchiya, J Tanaka, Y Shuiqing, CL Welch… - Cell metabolism, 2012‏ - cell.com
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in insulin-resistant
(type 2) diabetes. Vascular endothelial dysfunction paves the way for atherosclerosis …