Further similarities between astrocytes and perisinusoidal stellate cells of liver (Ito cells): Colocalization of desmin and glial fibrillary acidic protein in astroglial primary cultures

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-177

  Buniatian, Gayane Hrachia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigenic composition; Differentiation; Double immunolabeling; Intermediate filaments; Smooth muscle alpha actin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; DESMIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOPLASM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ITO CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER SINUSOID; MICROFILAMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; STELLATE CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030700795     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(97)80034-2     Document Type: Article

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