Telocytes in human heart valves

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 759-765

  Yang, Yang ^a   Sun, Wei ^a   Wu, Sean M ^b   Xiao, Junjie ^a,c   Kong, Xiangqing ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C kit; CD34; Heart valves; PDGF ; Telocytes; Telopodes; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; STEM CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84900546307     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.12285     Document Type: Article

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