How common is the lipid body-containing interstitial cell in the mammalian lung?

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Tahedl, Daniel ^a   Wirkes, André ^b   Tschanz, Stefan A ^c   Ochs, Matthias ^a,d,e   Mühlfeld, Christian ^a,d,e  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d German Center for Lung Research   (Germany)

^e Cluster of Excellence REBIRTH (From Regenerative Biology to Reconstructive Therapy)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Design based stereology; Electron microscopy; Interstitial cell; Lipid body; Pulmonary lipofibroblast

Indexed keywords

DESIGN-BASED STEREOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERSTITIAL CELL; LIPID BODY; PULMONARY LIPOFIBROBLAST;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; LUNG; MAMMALS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RATS;

EID: 84906909901     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00131.2014     Document Type: Article

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