Transcription factors regulating vasculogenesis and angiogenesis.

Sophie Payne, Alice Neal, Sarah De Val

Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 2024 Jan

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Transcription factors (TFs) play a crucial role in regulating the dynamic and precise patterns of gene expression required for the initial specification of endothelial cells (ECs), and during endothelial growth and differentiation. While sharing many core features, ECs can be highly heterogeneous. Differential gene expression between ECs is essential to pattern the hierarchical vascular network into arteries, veins and capillaries, to drive angiogenic growth of new vessels, and to direct specialization in response to local signals. Unlike many other cell types, ECs have no single master regulator, instead relying on differing combinations of a necessarily limited repertoire of TFs to achieve tight spatial and temporal activation and repression of gene expression. Here, we will discuss the cohort of TFs known to be involved in directing gene expression during different stages of mammalian vasculogenesis and angiogenesis, with a primary focus on development. © 2023 The Authors. Developmental Dynamics published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Association for Anatomy.

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Sophie Payne, Alice Neal, Sarah De Val. Transcription factors regulating vasculogenesis and angiogenesis. Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 2024 Jan;253(1):28-58