Perivascular Mural Cells of the Mouse Choroid Demonstrate Morphological Diversity That Is Correlated to Vasoregulatory Function

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Condren, Audrey B ^a   Kumar, Anil ^a   Mettu, Pradeep ^a   Liang, Katharine J ^a   Zhao, Lian ^a   Tsai, Jen yue ^a   Fariss, Robert N ^a   Wong, Wai T ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALCIMYCIN; DESMIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOROID; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PERICYTE; PERIVASCULAR MURAL CELL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCLERA; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STELLATE CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; VASOREGULATORY FUNCTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM IONOPHORES; CAPILLARIES; CELL SHAPE; CHELATING AGENTS; CHOROID; DESMIN; EGTAZIC ACID; ENDOTHELIN-1; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERICYTES; SCLERA; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84871893739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053386     Document Type: Article

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