hemangioblast

Examples of hemangioblast in the following topics:

• Development of Blood and Blood Vessels

  • The former requires differentiation of endothelial cells from hemangioblasts and then organization into a primary capillary network.
  • This led to the hypothesis that the two lineages come from the same precursor, termed hemangioblast.
  • Even though there is evidence that corroborates a hemangioblast, the isolation and exact location in the embryo has been difficult to pinpoint.
  • Then in 1932, Murray detected the same event and coined the term hemangioblast.
  • Further evidence to corroborate hemangioblasts comes from the expression of various genes such as CD34 and Tie2 by both lineages.

• Development of Blood

  • Blood islands form in the yolk sac of an embryo by cellular differentiation of hemangioblasts into endothelial cells.