Myometrial interstitial cells and the coordination of myometrial contractility

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4268-4282

  Hutchings, G ^a   Williams, Olivia ^a   Cretoiu, D ^b,c   Ciontea, Sanda M ^b,c  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c National Institute of Pathology   (Romania)

Author keywords

C kit; Interstitial cells; Myometrial contractility

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; METABOLISM; MYOMETRIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOMETRIUM; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 77649146299     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2009.00894.x     Document Type: Review

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