A novel approach for harvesting lymphatic endothelial cells from human foreskin dermis

Lymphatic Research and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 191-197

  Hu, Xueqing ^a   Jiang, Zhaohua ^a   Liu, Ningfei ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; COLLAGENASE; DISPASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN LYVE 1; PROTEIN PROX 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DERMIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; MALE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; COLLAGENASES; DERMIS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FORESKIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33947701515     PISSN: 15396851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2006.4403     Document Type: Article

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