Telocytes (interstitial Cajal-like cells) in human Fallopian tubes

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 263-267

  Urban, L ^a,b   Miko, M ^a   Kajanova, M ^a,b   Bozikova, S ^c   Mrazova, H ^a   Varga, I ^a  

^a Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRATISLAVA   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Human Fallopian tubes; Interstitial Cajal like cells; Muscle peristaltic movement; Telocytes; Tissue structures

Indexed keywords

ANO1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PDPN PROTEIN, HUMAN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TUMOR PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; CYTOLOGY; FALLOPIAN TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; TELOCYTE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD34; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; TELOCYTES; VIMENTIN;

EID: 85014829952     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4149/BLL_2016_051     Document Type: Article

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