Histamine metabolism influences blood vessel branching in zebrafish mutants-2

Eld; C, green fluorescent), the developing caudal veins form vascular plexuses (yellow arrow in C). (B, D) In contrast, endothelial cells of embryos (B, bright field; D, green fluorescent) develop fewer vessel branches and form swollen lumina (yellow arrows). Lateral view; anterior, left; dorsal, top. Scale bar, 100 μm for A-D. (E-H) Cross-sections of the tail regions showing multiple lumina of the capillary plexus of a wild-type caudal vein (E, yellow arrows in F) but a single enlarged lumen in (G, yellow arrow in H). N, notochord; white arrows, dorsal aorta; yellow arrows, caudal vein; red arrow, accumulated blood cells.<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Histamine metabolism influences blood vessel branching in zebrafish mutants"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/8/31</p><p>BMC Developmental Biology 2008;8():31-31.</p><p>Published online 25 Mar 2008</p><p>PMCID:PMC2291033.</p><p>