Langhans cells of human arterial intima: Uniform by stellate appearance but different by nature

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-194

  Bobryshev, Y V ^a   Lord, R S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell morphology; Gap junctions; Human arteries; Intima; Smooth muscle cells; Vascular dendritic cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOAM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTIMA; LANGHANS GIANT CELL; MACROPHAGE; MUSCLE CELL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 0029965520     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(96)80006-1     Document Type: Article

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