Human umbilical cord expresses several vasoactive peptides involved in the local regulation of vascular tone: protein and gene expression of Orphanin, Oxytocin, ANP, eNOS and iNOS
Full-term human umbilical cord contains three blood vessels: two arteries coiled around a vein and surrounded by Wharton’s jelly, a mucous tissue with few mesenchymal stromal cells and abundant extracellular matrix. Umbilical vessels lack innervations, thus endothelial cells must play...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Via Medica
2011-07-01
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| Series: | Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica |
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| Online Access: | http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4115 |