Pancreatic Islet Production of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A Is Essential for Islet Vascularization, Revascularization, and Function
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vol. 55 no. 11 2974-2985
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- July 19, 2006
- May 18, 2006
- Published in print October 25, 2006.
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- Marcela Brissova1,
- Alena Shostak1,
- Masakazu Shiota2,
- Peter O. Wiebe2,
- Greg Poffenberger1,
- Jeannelle Kantz2,
- Zhongyi Chen1,
- Chad Carr1,
- W. Gray Jerome34,
- Jin Chen45,
- H. Scott Baldwin6,
- Wendell Nicholson1,
- David M. Bader7,
- Thomas Jetton8,
- Maureen Gannon12 and
- Alvin C. Powers129
- 1Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- 2Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- 3Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- 4Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- 5Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- 6Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- 7Stahlman Laboratory, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- 8Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont
- 9Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Alvin C. Powers, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, 715 PRB, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232. E-mail: al.powers{at}vanderbilt.edu