Interstitial cells of Cajal: Pacemaker cells of the pancreatic duct?

Pancreas

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-143

  Wang, Xuan Yu ^a   Diamant, Nicholas E ^b,c   Huizinga, Jan D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

electron microscopy; interstitial cell of Cajal; pancreas; pancreatic duct; peristalsis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; PROTEIN GENE PRODUCT 9.5; STEM CELL FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAT; CAVEOLA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ACINUS; PANCREAS DUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 78650926931     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e3181f690ff     Document Type: Article

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