Vascular smooth muscle cell-derived nerve growth factor regulates sympathetic collateral branching to innervate blood vessels in embryonic skin

• Wenling Li,
• Katherine Lipsius,
• Nathan G. Burns,
• Ryo Sato,
• Azaan Rehman,
• Hui Xue,
• Christian Combs,
• Liliana Minichiello,
• Harshi Gangrade,
• Emmanouil Tampakakis,
• Yoh-suke Mukouyama

Affiliations

Wenling Li

Laboratory of Stem Cell and Neuro-Vascular Biology, Cell and Development Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

Katherine Lipsius

Laboratory of Stem Cell and Neuro-Vascular Biology, Cell and Development Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

Nathan G. Burns

Laboratory of Stem Cell and Neuro-Vascular Biology, Cell and Development Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

Ryo Sato

Laboratory of Stem Cell and Neuro-Vascular Biology, Cell and Development Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

Azaan Rehman

Imaging AI Program, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

Hui Xue

Imaging AI Program, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

Christian Combs

Light Microscopy Core, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

Liliana Minichiello

Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 4BH, UK

Harshi Gangrade

Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

Emmanouil Tampakakis

Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

Yoh-suke Mukouyama

Laboratory of Stem Cell and Neuro-Vascular Biology, Cell and Development Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA