Endothelial vesiculo-vacuolar organelles, pockets and multi-layered fenestrated lamellae in the capillaries of the mouse carotid body

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 333-344

  El Fadaly, Amina B ^a,b   Kummer, Wolfgang ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Carotid body; Endothelial cells; Endothelial pockets; Fenestrae; Plasmalemmal vesicles; Ultrastructure; Vacuolar organelles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CAROTID BODY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FENESTRATION; LAMELLAR BODY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 24644450584     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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