Three-dimensional organization of fenestrae labyrinths in liver sinusoidal endothelial cells

Liver International

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 603-613

  Braet, Filip ^a   Riches, James ^b,c   Geerts, Willie ^a,d   Jahn, Kristina A ^a   Wisse, Eddie ^a,e   Frederik, Peter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Electron tomography; Fenestrae labyrinth; Fenestrations; Hepatic endothelium; Liver sieve; Liver sinusoidal endothelium; Pores; Porosity; TEM sections; Transendothelial transport

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 62849099986     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01836.x     Document Type: Article

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