Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Mitochondrial respiration controls neoangiogenesis during wound healing and tumour growth

  • L. M. Schiffmann,
  • J. P. Werthenbach,
  • F. Heintges-Kleinhofer,
  • J. M. Seeger,
  • M. Fritsch,
  • S. D. Günther,
  • S. Willenborg,
  • S. Brodesser,
  • C. Lucas,
  • C. Jüngst,
  • M. C. Albert,
  • F. Schorn,
  • A. Witt,
  • C. T. Moraes,
  • C. J. Bruns,
  • M. Pasparakis,
  • M. Krönke,
  • S. A. Eming,
  • O. Coutelle,
  • H. Kashkar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17472-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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During angiogenesis the vasculature switches from a quiescent to a proliferative state. Here the authors show that mitochondrial respiration in endothelial cells controls angiogenesis during development, tumour growth and tissue repair.