Interstitial cells of Cajal: A new perspective on smooth muscle function

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 576, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 721-726

  Sanders, Kenton M ^a   Ward, Sean M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMATINIB; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C KIT; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STOMACH PARESIS; C KIT GENE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LOSS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DIABETIC STOMACH PARESIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PHENOTYPE; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 33750396824     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.115279     Document Type: Review

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