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Aristotle: the first student of angiogenesis

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The cardiovascular system is the first functional organ system to develop in the vertebrate embryo. Several genetic and epigenetic (vascular branching, pruning and remodeling) mechanisms are involved in the early development of the vascular network.1

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  1. Department of Medical and Morphological Researches, Anatomy Section, University of Udine Medical School, Udine, Italy

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Crivellato, E., Ribatti, D. Aristotle: the first student of angiogenesis. Leukemia 20, 1209–1210 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404256

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