Telocytes, a distinct type of cell among the stromal cells present in the lamina propria of jejunum

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1067-1078

  Cretoiu, D ^a,b   Cretoiu, Sanda M ^a,b   Simionescu, Anca A ^c   Popescu, L M ^a,b  

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

^b VICTOR BABES NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Romania)

^c Filantropia Hospital   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cell signaling; Fibroblasts; Stromal cells; Telocytes; Telopodes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SURFACE; CYTOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; JEJUNUM; MALE; MUCOSA; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; HOMEOSTASIS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; JEJUNUM; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; ORGANELLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 84862727298     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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