Telocyte's contacts

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 3-8

  Faussone Pellegrini, Maria Simonetta ^a   Gherghiceanu, Mihaela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b VICTOR BABES NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Heterocellular contacts; Homocellular contacts; Interstitial cells; Mixed networks; The telocytes (TC)

Indexed keywords

CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NERVE ENDING; TELOCYTE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; TELOCYTES;

EID: 84960153574     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2016.01.036     Document Type: Review

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