Journal
CELL ADHESION & MIGRATION
Volume 8, Issue 2, Pages 136-145Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/cam.28229
Keywords
vascular; zebrafish; adhesion; adherens junction; angiogenesis; anastomosis; cadherin; cytoskeleton; transgenic; time-lapse
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- NHMRC [APP1044041, APP1010489]
- University of Queensland
- ARC [FT100100165]
- Australian Research Council [FT100100165] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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The vertebrate vasculature is an essential organ network with major roles in health and disease. The establishment of balanced cell-cell adhesion in the endothelium is crucial for the functionality of the vascular system. Furthermore, the correct patterning and integration of vascular endothelial cell-cell adhesion drives the morphogenesis of new vessels, and is thought to couple physical forces with signaling outcomes during development. Here, we review insights into this process that have come from studies in zebrafish. First, we describe mutants in which endothelial adhesion is perturbed, second we describe recent progress using in vivo cell biological approaches that allow the visualization of endothelial cell-cell junctions. These studies underline the profound potential of this model system to dissect in great detail the function of both known and novel regulators of endothelial cell-cell adhesion.
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