Light and electron microscopic study of epithelial cells from the human oviduct and uterus subcultured on extracellular matrix gel

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 503-512

  Eslaminejad, Mohamadreza Baghaban ^b   Valojerdi, Mojtaba Rezazadeh ^a   Ashtiani, Saeed Kazemi ^b   Eftekhari Yazdi, Poopak ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epithelial cells; Extracellular matrix; Oviducts; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UTERUS;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CILIA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL PHASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLASTICS; UTERUS;

EID: 34250839395     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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