Development of a coculture system and use of confocal laser fluorescent microscopy to study human microvascular endothelial cell and mural cell interaction

Microvascular Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 43-52

  Burch, Marcia G ^a   Pepe, Gerald J ^a   Dobrian, Anca D ^a   Lattanzio Jr , Frank A ^a   Albrecht, Eugene D ^b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Angiopoietin; Vascular cell interaction

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LABELING; CELL TYPE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROVASCULARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANGIOPOIETIN-1; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOMETRIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27644478640     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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