Cell fusion contributes to pericyte formation after stroke

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 480-485

  Piquer Gil, Marina ^a   García Verdugo, José M ^a   Zipancic, Ivan ^a   Sánchez, María J ^b   Álvarez Dolado, Manuel ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplant; Cell fusion; Mural cells; Pericytes; Stroke; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BONE MARROW; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STROKE; VASCULAR TISSUE;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN; CELL FUSION; MICE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PERICYTES; STROKE;

EID: 61349183101     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2008.150     Document Type: Article

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