Identification of c-kit-positive cells in the mouse ureter: The interstitial cells of Cajal of the urinary tract

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 5 53-5, 2003, Pages

  Pezzone, Michael A ^a   Watkins, Simon C ^a   Alber, Sean M ^a   King, William E ^a   De Groat, William C ^a   Chancellor, Michael B ^a   Fraser, Matthew O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Motility; Pacemaker; Urethral tissue; Urine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CELL TYPE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C KIT; PACEMAKER; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER; URETER PERISTALSIS; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 0344885559     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00138.2002     Document Type: Article

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