Sprouting angiogenesis in human midterm uterus and fallopian tube is guided by endothelial tip cells

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-30

  Rusu, M C ^a,b   Motoc, A G M ^c   Pop, F ^a   Folescu, R ^c  

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

^b Center of Excellence in Laboratory Medicine and Pathology   (Romania)

^c VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

c kit; CD117; CD34; Desmin; PDGFR; Pericytes; Smooth muscle actin; Sprouting angiogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CD34 SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIAL TIP CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABELING INDEX; MICROVASCULATURE; MYOMETRIUM; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPROUTING; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS;

CADAVER; DISSECTION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS;

EID: 84872534138     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: 1447073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12565-012-0154-x     Document Type: Article

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