Human primary lung endothelial cells in culture

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 723-730

  Comhair, Suzy A A ^a   Xu, Weiling ^a   Mavrakis, Lori ^a   Aldred, Micheala A ^a,b   Asosingh, Kewal ^a   Erzurum, Serpil C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Lung; Microvascular cells; Pulmonary hypertension; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPLANT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG ENDOTHELIUM; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TRANSFER FACTOR; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PULMONARY ARTERY; SWINE;

EID: 84861779723     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2011-0416TE     Document Type: Article

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