Telocytes in female reproductive system (human and animal)

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 994-1000

  Aleksandrovych, Veronika ^a   Walocha, Jerzy A ^a   Gil, Krzysztof ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

CD34; Fallopian tube; Human placenta; Myometrium; Sex steroid receptors; Telocytes; Telopodes; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CADHERIN 11; CALVEOLIN 1; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CONNEXIN 43; DESMIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; HERMES ANTIGEN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 2; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICRORNA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NESTIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PROCOLLAGEN 1; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UINDEXED DRUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VIMENTIN;

ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PARAMETERS; ENDOMETRIUM; FALLOPIAN TUBE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LOW LEVEL LASER SYSTEM; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOCYTE; ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASERS; REPRODUCTION; TELOCYTES;

EID: 84963801145     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.12843     Document Type: Article

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