A scanning electron microscopic study of phenotypic plasticity and surface structural changes of aortal smooth muscle cells in primary culture

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 191-198

  Tukaj, Cecylia ^a   Bohdanowicz, Jerzy ^b   Kubasik Juraniec, Jolanta ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Microvilli; Phenotypic modulation; SEM

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA MEDIA; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL ASSAY; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROVILLUS; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBER CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; AORTA; CELL CULTURE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AORTA; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROVILLI; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PHENOTYPE; RATS;

EID: 1842832622     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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