NO signalling has also been shown to control the motility of endothelial cells by regulating the expression of cell adhesion molecules ICAM-1.
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Cells clustered on the wall of the dorsal aorta also expressed VE-cadherin as well as CD34, a common hematopoietic and endothelial marker; and CD45, a marker present on hematopoietic cells.
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Notch1 is another protein which has been implicated in the signalling pathway for HSC production.
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An anecdotal history statement describes the first diagnosed case of the coarctation of the Aorta in Julia the daughter of the French poet Alphonse de Lamartine after the autopsy in 1832 in Beirut, the reference manuscript still exists in one of the Maronite monasteries in Mount Lebanon.
As a 5-month-old in 1972, Heidi was found to have a second aorta wrapped around and constricting her windpipe which needed to be removed through open-heart surgery.
The pigs were anaesthetized and major blood loss was induced, along with simulated - via scalpel - severe injuries (e.g. a punctured aorta as might happen in a car accident or shooting).