Summary
ABSTRACT The vascular system is critical to life, infusing each organ of the body with oxygen and nutrients, and transporting and interacting with immune cells that protect the body. In the adult, maintenance of an intact vascular endothelium is under strict homeostatic control to prevent edema or hemorrhage. Wounding or tissue hypoxia can result in angiogenesis and vascular remodeling. The process of vascular homeostasis is highly regulated and involves many molecular players acting in concert. Under disease conditions, orchestration of these molecular processes may go awry. This is especiall
