CD34+ cells in human intestine are fibroblasts adjacent to, but distinct from, interstitial cells of Cajal

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-65

  Vanderwinden, Jean Marie ^a   Rumessen, Jüri J ^b   De Laet, Marc Henri ^c   Vanderhaeghen, Jean Jacques ^a   Schiffmann, Serge N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; PROCOLLAGEN PROLINE 2 OXOGLUTARATE 4 DIOXYGENASE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA;

ANTIGENS, CD34; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTESTINES; MALE; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 0032928134     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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