Ultrastructural localization of integrin subunits α3 and α6 in capillarized sinusoids of the human cirrhotic liver

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 799-806

  Quondamatteo, Fabio ^a   Kempkensteffen, C ^a   Miosge, N ^a   Sonnenberg, A ^b   Herken, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Human cirrhotic liver; Integrins; Postembedding immunogold; Silver enhancement

Indexed keywords

ALPHA3 INTEGRIN; ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; LAMININ; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TANNIN;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAPILLARY; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER SINUSOID; MICROVASCULATURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STELLATE CELL; TISSUE FIXATION;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTEGRIN ALPHA3; INTEGRIN ALPHA6; INTEGRINS; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

LAMIINAE;

EID: 3042742169     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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