Extrahepatic and Intrahepatic Human Portal Interstitial Cajal Cells

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1382-1392

  Rusu, M C ^a,b   Pop, F ^c   Hostiuc, S ^a   Curca G C ^d   Streinu Cercel, A ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LEGAL MEDICINE MINA MINOVICI   (Romania)

^d Matei Bals National Institute for Infectious Diseases   (Romania)

Author keywords

CD117 c kit; Liver; Portal limiting membrane; Telocytes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD34 ANTIBODY; DESMIN; EOSIN; FORMALDEHYDE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MOROXYDINE; PARAFFIN; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHICS; GIEMSA STAIN; HEPATIC DUCT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; MOUSE; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PORTAL INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

ACTINS; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD34; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADAVER; DESMIN; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PORTAL VEIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; S100 PROTEINS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 79960508901     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21441     Document Type: Article

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