Download or read book Vascular Morphogenesis: In Vivo, In Vitro, In Mente written by Charles D. Little and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1998-09-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews recent studies on the mechanisms by which blood vessels are built, both during vascular embryonic vasculogenesis and angiogenesis during fetal development and during cyclical renewal and repair in adults. In vivo studies include the morphogenesis of primordial vascular networks and insights into growth factors from gene knockout studies in mice. A three- dimensional assay of endothelial cell invasion and capillary tube morphogenesis, and the rat aorta model of angiogenesis and its applications are among the in vitro studies. Computer models are described for the formation of netlike structures, tumor- induced angiogenesis, and other phenomena. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR