Immunohistochemical study of the reticular and vascular network of mouse lymph node using vibratome sections

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-28

  Ma, Bin ^a   Jablonska, Jadwiga ^a   Lindenmaier, Werner ^a   Dittmar, Kurt E J ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extracellular matrix; Immunohistochemistry; Lymph node; Mice; Reticular fibres; Three dimensional (3D) reconstruction; Vibratome section

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CELLS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMUNOLOGY; PROTEINS;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MICE; RETICULAR CELLS; VIBRATOME SECTIONS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

CELL MARKER; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; PERLECAN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ERTR 7; PROTEOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH VESSEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETICULUM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VIBRATOME;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUS;

EID: 33846573279     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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