Telocytes revisited

Biomolecular Concepts

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 353-369

  Cretoiu, Sanda M ^a,b   Popescu, Laurentiu M ^a  

^a VICTOR BABES NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Romania)

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

Author keywords

exosomes ectosomes; intercellular signaling; regenerative medicine; telocytes; telopodes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOLOGY; EXOSOME; HUMAN; MEMBRANE MICROPARTICLE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; STROMA CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL-DERIVED MICROPARTICLES; EXOSOMES; HUMANS; REGENERATION; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 84911173071     PISSN: 18685021     EISSN: 1868503X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmc-2014-0029     Document Type: Review

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