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T.N. Sato, Y. Qin, C.A. Kozak and K.L. Audus (1993). tie-1 and tie-2 define another class of putative receptor tyrosine kinase genes expressed in early embryonic vascular system. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90:9355-9358.

T.N. Sato, Y. Tozawa, U. Deutsch, K. Wolburg-Buchholz, Y. Fujiwara,
M. Gendron-Maguire, T. Gridley, H. Wolburg, W. Risau and Y. Qin (1995). Distinct roles of the receptor tyrosine kinases Tie1 and Tie2 in blood vessel formation. Nature 376:70-74.

C. Suri, P.F. Jones, S. Patan, S. Bartunkova, P.C. Maisonpierre, S. Davis, T.N. Sato and G.Y. Yancopoulos (1996). Requisite role of angiopoietin1, a ligand for the TIE2 receptor, during embryonic angiogenesis. Cell 87:1171-1181.

T.M. Schlaeger, S. Bartunkova, J. A. Lawitts, G. Teichmann, W. Risau, Urban Deutsch and T.N. Sato (1997). Uniform vascular endothelial cell specific gene expression in both embryonic and adult transgenic mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94:3058-3063.

P.C. Maisonpierre*, C. Suri*, P.F. Jones*, S. Bartunkova*, S.J. Wiegand, C. Radziejewski, D. Compton, J. McClain, T.H. Aldrich, N. Papadopoulos, T.J. Daly, S. Davis*, T.N. Sato* and G.D. Yancopoulos* (* equal contribution) (1997). Angiopoietin-2, a natural antagonist for Tie2 that disrupts in vivo angiogenesis. Science 277:55-60.

C. Suri, J. McClain, G. Thurston, D.M. McDonald, H. Zhou, E.H. Oldmixon, T.N. Sato and G.D. Yancopoulos (1998). Increased vascularization in mice overexpressing angiopoietin-1. Science 282:468-471.

G. Thurston, C. Suri, K. Smith, J. McClain, T.N. Sato, G.D. Yancopoulos, and D.M McDonald (1999). Leakage-resistant blood vessels in mice transgenically overexpressing angiopoietin-1. Science 286: 2511-2514.

S. Loughna and T.N.Sato (2001). A Combinatorial Role of Angiopoietin-1 and Orphan Receptor TIE1 Pathways in Establishing Vascular Polarity during Angiogenesis. Molecular Cell 7: 233-239.

R.P. Visconti, C.D. Richardson and T.N. Sato (2002). Orchestration of angiogenesis and arteriovenous contribution by angiopoietins and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99: 8219-8224 (Track II).

T.N. Sato, S. Loughna, E.C. Davis, R. Visconti, C.D. Richardson (2002) Selective Functions of Angiopoietins and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor on Blood Vessels: The Concept of ?Vascular Domain?. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, Volume LXVII: 171-180.


T.N.Sato (2003) Vascular Development: Molecular Logic for Defining Arteries and Veins. Current Opinion in Hematology 10:131-135.

O.O.Sineshchekova, T. Kawate, O.V. Vdovychenko and T.N. Sato (2004) Protein-trap version 2.1: Screening for expressed proteins in mammalian cells based on their localizations. BMC Cell Biology 5:8.