Elevating beta-catenin signaling converts endothelial cells in typically fenestrated central nervous system vasculature to a blood-brain barrier (BBB) phenotype and promotes a BBB gene expression program and chromatin landscape.

Hair follicle epithelium and skin vasculature remodeling are coordinated during quiescence, and their cross-talking is associated with the timing of stem cell activation.

β2-adrenergic receptors control glucose metabolism by regulating cross-talk between pancreatic islet endocrine cells and vasculature during development.

Partial-volume effects were found to be the current limit to imaging pial arteries with MRI, not their slow blood flow, and therefore advanced acquisition techniques achieving resolutions below 200 µm in vivo provide a more complete picture of these vessels.

In addition to its cytoplasmic role for translation, the seryl-tRNA synthetase also antagonizes the c-Myc transcription factor in the nucleus to transcriptionally repress the growth factor VEGFA and ensure proper development of the vasculature in vertebrates.

Zebrafish develop cardiac lymphatic vessels along coronary arteries and this vasculature supports scar reduction following severe damage to the myocardium.

Lymphangiogenic therapy VEGFCc156s improved angiotensin-II-induced impairments in heart function via novel mechanisms, which include transcriptional responses to alleviate inflammation and cardiac fibrosis, and systemic responses to ameliorate hypertension.

Reactive endothelial venules are a new vessel subtype characterized by consistent expression of cell adhesion molecules, preferential leukocyte transmigration, association with perivascular macrophages, and the initiation of CNS immune responses.

A vessel and brain fusion organoid model provides a platform for the study of interactions between neuronal and non-neuronal components during brain development and functioning.

Molecular profiling of annelid myocytes reveals that the last common protostome-deuterostome ancestor already possessed a dual musculature, with visceral smooth muscles ensuring digestion and somatic striated muscles ensuring locomotion.