Published in Nature Cell Biology · View the paper (DOI)
Researchers discovered how small capillaries form during angiogenesis, a process crucial for embryonic development, cancer, and diabetes. Blood pressure drives the membrane of endothelial cells to cave in and grow into the cell's body.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Blood vessels sprout under pressure Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association · Feb 29, 2016 · first to report
- New insights in blood vessel formation VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) · Apr 1, 2016