A simple method for the isolation, cultivation, and characterization of endothelial cells from rabbit coronary circulation

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 329-333

  Cirillo, Plinio ^a   Golino, Paolo ^a   Ragni, Massimo ^a   Guarino, Angela ^a   Calabro, Paolo ^a   Chiarriello, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Rabbit coronary circulation

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; THROMBOMODULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SIZE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PERFUSION; RABBITS; THROMBOMODULIN;

EID: 0032699478     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-3848(99)00116-4     Document Type: Article

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