A unique pulmonary microvascular endothelial cell niche revealed by weibel-palade bodies and Griffonia simplicifolia

Pulmonary Circulation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 111-115

  Wu, Songwei ^a   Zhou, Chun ^b   King, Judy A C ^c   Stevens, Troy ^b,d  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Lectin; P selectin; Vascular; Von Willebrand factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026337953     PISSN: 20458932     EISSN: 20458940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/674879     Document Type: Article

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