The glycocalyx of the human umbilical vein endothelial cell: An impressive structure ex vivo but not in culture

Circulation Research

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1313-1317

  Chappell, Daniel ^a,b   Jacob, Matthias ^a,b   Paul, Oliver ^a   Rehm, Markus ^a   Welsch, Ulrich ^a   Stoeckelhuber, Mechthild ^a   Conzen, Peter ^a   Becker, Bernhard F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Glycocalyx; Heparan sulfate; Syndecan; Umbilical vein

Indexed keywords

HEPARAN SULFATE; SYNDECAN 1;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GLYCOCALYX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL VEIN; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ERYTHROCYTES; GLYCOCALYX; HEPARITIN SULFATE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SYNDECAN-1; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 66449090699     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.108.187831     Document Type: Note

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