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Yun He, Yan Luo, Shibo Tang, Iiro Rajantie, Petri Salven, Matthias Heil, Rong Zhang, Dianhong Luo, Xianghong Li, Hongbo Chi, Jun Yu, Peter Carmeliet, Wolfgang Schaper, Albert J. Sinusas, William C. Sessa, Kari Alitalo, Wang Min
Published in Volume 116, Issue 9
J Clin Invest. 2006; 116(9):2344–2355 doi:10.1172/JCI28123
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Figure 4
Critical roles of Bmx in ischemia-induced arteriogenesis.

(A) Diagram of blood flow changes after occlusion of the femoral artery in the hind limb. After occlusion of the femoral artery (X, right panel), blood flow (arrows) follows the gradient between high pressures proximal to the occlusion site and very low distal pressures. Preexisting collateral arterioles are recruited. (B) Arteriogenesis was determined by Microfil casting analyses. Four weeks after femoral ligation, mice were anesthetized and subjected to microfil perfusion. Collateral artery growth is indicated by arrows. (C) Arterial growth was quantitated as ratio of diameters (left artery/right artery), and n = 10 for each strain. *P < 0.05. (D) microCT analyses. Microfil casting samples were subjected to microCT analyses as described in Methods. (E) Vascular growth was quantitated as ratio of vascular density (left leg/right leg). n = 10 for each strain. *P < 0.05.