Distribution and characteristics of telocytes as nurse cells in the architectural organization of engineered heart tissues

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 241-247

  Zhou, Jin ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Zhu, Ping ^b   Sun, HongYu ^a   Mou, YongChao ^a   Duan, CuiMi ^a   Yao, AnNing ^a   Lv, ShuangHong ^a   Wang, ChangYong ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

collagen matrigel; engineered heart tissues; reconstruction; scaffolds; telocytes

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEART MUSCLE; IN VITRO STUDY; RAT; STAINING; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84893811428     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-013-4602-1     Document Type: Article

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