Identification of telocytes in the upper lamina propria of the human urinary tract

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2085-2093

  Gevaert, Thomas ^a,b   De Vos, Rita ^a   Van Der Aa, Frank ^a   Joniau, Steven ^a   Van den Oord, Joost ^a   Roskams, Tania ^a   De Ridder, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KU Leuven ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bladder; Interstitial cell; Lamina propria; Renal pelvis; Telocyte; Ureter; Urethra; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSA; PHENOTYPE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; URETER; URETHRA; UROTHELIUM;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; URETER; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 84861539855     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2011.01504.x     Document Type: Article

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