Hyaluronan and its receptor CD44 in the heart of newborn and adult rats

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 587-592

  Hellström, Martin ^a   Johansson, Bengt ^a   Engström Laurent, Anna ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CD44; Heart; Hyaluronan; Rat

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIUM; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, CD44; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HYALURONIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33744902584     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: 15524892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20332     Document Type: Article

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