Telocyte implications in human pathology: An overview

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 62-69

  Ibba Manneschi, Lidia ^a   Rosa, Irene ^a   Manetti, Mirko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic inflammation; Organ fibrosis; Pathology; Stromal cells; Telocytes

Indexed keywords

CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; FIBROSIS; HEART DISEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTERSTITIUM; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIVER FIBROSIS; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; STEM CELL; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TELOCYTE; TISSUE REGENERATION; DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DISEASE; HUMANS; TELOCYTES;

EID: 84955559481     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2016.01.022     Document Type: Review

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