The human choriocapillaris: Evidence for an intrinsic regulation of the endothelium?

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-247

  Cavallotti, Carlo ^a   Corrado, Balacco Gabrieli ^a   Feher, Janos ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Choriocapillary; Endothelium; Eye; Humans; Inner choroid; Periadventitial cells; Pericytes; TEM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AGED; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CAPILLARY WALL; CELL CONTACT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHOROID; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CYTOPLASM; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MITOCHONDRION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TISSUE SECTION; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPILLARIES; CHOROID; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; PERICYTES;

EID: 15844417540     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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