Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18344991›Full record

ArticleNature neuroscience2008

Compartment-specific transcription factors orchestrate angiogenesis gradients in the embryonic brain.

Anju Vasudevan, Jason E Long, James E Crandall, John L R Rubenstein, Pradeep G Bhide

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Article in Nature neuroscience, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 139 papers.

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139citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

139 citing papers in PubMed, 205 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Anju VasudevanNeurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA. anju.vasudevan@mgh.harvard.edu
Jason E Long
James E Crandall
John L R Rubenstein
Pradeep G Bhide
University of California, San Francisco · USHarvard University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Interdepartmental Neuroscience CenterP30NS045776 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BREAKEFIELD, XANDRA OWENS, TANNOUS, BAKHOS A · 2003 to 2018
$11.1M
Axons and the Extracellular Matrix in Spinal Cord InjuryR01NS043246 · NINDS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI MCTIGUE, DANA M · 2004 to 2015
$3.0M
A role for dopamine in brain developmentR01NS043426 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BHIDE, PRADEEP G · 2003 to 2007
$1.8M
Cocaine and Brain DevelopmentR01DA020796 · NIDA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BHIDE, PRADEEP G · 2006 to 2010
$1.6M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA020796NIDA NIH HHS R01DA020796NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS045776NINDS NIH HHS P30NS045776NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS043246NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS043426NINDS NIH HHS R01NS43246,
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prevailing notions of cerebral vascularization imply that blood vessels sprout passively into the brain parenchyma from pial vascular plexuses to meet metabolic needs of growing neuronal populations. Endothelial cells, building blocks of blood vessels, are thought to be homogeneous in the brain with respect to their origins, gene expression patterns and developmental mechanisms. These current notions that cerebral angiogenesis is regulated by local environmental signals contrast with current models of cell-autonomous regulation of neuronal development. Here we demonstrate that telencephalic angiogenesis in mice progresses in an orderly, ventral-to-dorsal gradient regulated by compartment-specific homeobox transcription factors. Our data offer new perspectives on intrinsic regulation of angiogenesis in the embryonic telencephalon, call for a revision of the current models of telencephalic angiogenesis and support novel roles for endothelial cells in brain development.

Indexed as

AnimalsBody PatterningCerebrovascular CirculationEmbryo, MammalianEndothelial CellsEndothelium, VascularEye ProteinsFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHomeodomain ProteinsIn Vitro TechniquesMiceMice, KnockoutMice, Mutant StrainsNeovascularization, PhysiologicNuclear ProteinsEye ProteinsHomeodomain ProteinsNuclear ProteinsPaired Box Transcription FactorsPax6 protein, mousePAX6 Transcription FactorReceptor, TIE-2Repressor ProteinsThyroid Nuclear Factor 1Transcription Factors

Identifiers

PMID18344991
PMCPMC2754271
OpenAlexW2049586534

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