Stromal cells in the human gut show ultrastructural features of fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells but not myofibroblasts

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1483-1491

  Eyden, Brian ^a   Curry, Alan ^b   Wang, Guofeng ^a,c  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Fibroblast; Gastrointestinal tract; Smooth muscle cell; Subepithelial stromal cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFIBROBLAST; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STROMA CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; MYOFIBROBLASTS; STROMAL CELLS;

MYOIDA;

EID: 79959417412     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2010.01132.x     Document Type: Article

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