Vascular–Endothelial Cadherin (CD144)– but Not PECAM–1 (CD31)–Based Cell–to–Cell Contacts Convey the Maintenance of a Quiescent Endothelial Monolayer

Background: In vivo, all blood vessels are lined by a single layer of flattened noncycling endothelial cells. We tested the hypothesis that the maintenance of such a quiescent endothelial monolayer depends on homotypic contacts between not yet defined growth–inhibitory molecules located at interendo...

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