The vesiculo-vacuolar organelle (VVO): A distinct endothelial cell structure that provides a transcellular pathway for macromolecular extravasation

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 100-115

  Dvorak, A M ^a   Kohn, Sarah ^b   Morgan, Ellen S ^a   Fox, Patricia ^a   Nagy, Janice A ^a   Dvorak, Harold F ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Electron microscopy; Macromolecular electron dense tracers; Transendothelial transport; Tumor vasculature; Vascular permeability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030045180     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jlb.59.1.100     Document Type: Article

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