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Where It All Began

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Algire had observed changes in blood vessels when treating fibroblasts with a chemical methyl cholanthrene [98]. This suggests that factors (after stimulation) could be produced from the cells surrounding the blood vessels, such as fibroblasts that stimulate vascular growth.

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Bikfalvi, A. (2017). Where It All Began. In: A Brief History of Blood and Lymphatic Vessels. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74376-9_4

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