Endothelium Expression of Bcl-2 Is Essential for Normal and Pathological Ocular Vascularization.

Bcl-2 is an anti-apoptotic protein with important roles in vascular homeostasis and angiogenesis. Mice globally lacking Bcl-2 (Bcl-2 -/-) are small in stature and succumb to renal failure shortly after weaning as a result of renal hypoplasia/cystic dysplasia. We have shown that Bcl-2 -/- mice displa...

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Main Authors: Ismail S Zaitoun, Ryan P Johnson, Nasim Jamali, Reem Almomani, Shoujian Wang, Nader Sheibani, Christine M Sorenson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139994