VEGF and nitric oxide synthase immunoexpression in Down's syndrome amniotic fluid stem cells

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-29

  Salvolini, Eleonora ^a   Orciani, Monia ^a   Lucarini, Guendalina ^a   Vignini, Arianna ^a   Tranquilli, Andrea Luigi ^a   Di Primio, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid mesenchymal stem cells; Down's syndrome; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; VEGF

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VASCULOTROPIN;

AMNIOTIC FLUID CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN SYNDROME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PREGNANCY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 78650070718     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2010.02370.x     Document Type: Article

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