Martin N. Nakatsu

Identification of endothelial cell genes expressed in an in vitro model of angiogenesis: induction of ESM-1, (beta)ig-h3, and NrCAM.

Angiogenic sprouting and capillary lumen formation modeled by human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) in fibrin gels: the role of fibroblasts and Angiopoietin-1.

VEGF(121) and VEGF(165) regulate blood vessel diameter through vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 in an in vitro angiogenesis model.

Cell-autonomous notch signaling regulates endothelial cell branching and proliferation during vascular tubulogenesis.

TNF primes endothelial cells for angiogenic sprouting by inducing a tip cell phenotype.

An optimized three-dimensional in vitro model for the analysis of angiogenesis.

Wnt/β-catenin signaling regulates proliferation of human cornea epithelial stem/progenitor cells.

SSEA4 is a potential negative marker for the enrichment of human corneal epithelial stem/progenitor cells.

Keratin 13 is a more specific marker of conjunctival epithelium than keratin 19.

The requirement for fibroblasts in angiogenesis: fibroblast-derived matrix proteins are essential for endothelial cell lumen formation.

Identification of novel molecular markers through transcriptomic analysis in human fetal and adult corneal endothelial cells.

Preferential biological processes in the human limbus by differential gene profiling.

Enrichment of human corneal epithelial stem/progenitor cells by magnetic bead sorting using SSEA4 as a negative marker.

A three-dimensional culture method to expand limbal stem/progenitor cells.

Frizzled 7 maintains the undifferentiated state of human limbal stem/progenitor cells.

Human limbal mesenchymal cells support the growth of human corneal epithelial stem/progenitor cells.