Immunohistochemical localization of mesenchymal stem cells in ossified human spinal ligaments

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 436, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 698-704

  Chin, Shunfu ^a   Furukawa, Ken Ichi ^a   Ono, Atsushi ^a   Asari, Toru ^a   Harada, Yoshifumi ^a   Wada, Kanichiro ^a   Tanaka, Toshihiro ^a   Inaba, Wataru ^a   Mizukami, Hiroki ^a   Motomura, Shigeru ^a   Yagihashi, Soroku ^a   Ishibashi, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chondrocytes; Immunohistochemistry; Localization; Mesenchymal stem cells; Neovascularization; Spinal ligament ossification

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; ENDOGLIN; THY 1 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CARTILAGE CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENT; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; OSSIFICATION; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINE LIGAMENT;

CHONDROCYTES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCALIZATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; NEOVASCULARIZATION; SPINAL LIGAMENT OSSIFICATION;

COLLAGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENTS; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; SPINE;

EID: 84880045533     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.06.019     Document Type: Article

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