Cellular diversity of human placental stem villi: An ultrastructural and immunohistochemical study

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 468-479

  Sati, Leyla ^a   Seval, Yasemin ^a   Yasemin Demir, Ayse ^b   Kosanke, Georg ^c   Kohnen, Gaby ^d   Demir, Ramazan ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human placenta; Immunohistochemistry; Myofibroblast; Stem villi; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; IMMUNOLOGY; TISSUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTIGEN IMMUNOLABELING; CELLULAR DIVERSITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MATERNOFETAL PLACENTAL CIRCULATION;

FIBROBLASTS;

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CYCLINE; CYTOKERATIN 7; DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA VILLUS; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 35148852731     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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