Fibroblast heterogeneity: Existence of functionally distinct thy 1+ and thy 1- human female reproductive tract fibroblasts

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 925-935

  Koumas, Laura ^a   King, Anne E ^b   Critchley, Hilary O D ^b   Kelly, Rodney W ^b   Phipps, Richard P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; THY 1 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL SORTER; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENORRHAGIA; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034856067     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)61768-3     Document Type: Article

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