Intussusceptive Angiogenesis and Peg–Socket Junctions between Endothelial Cells and Smooth Muscle Cells in Early Arterial Intimal Thickening
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Angiogenesis in Arteries of the Human Gallbladder with Vasculitis and AIT Formation in Acute Cholecystitis
2.1.1. Arteries in Gallbladders with Acute Cholecystitis and Urgent Cholecystectomy
2.1.2. Arteries in Acute Cholecystitis with Delayed Cholecystectomy
2.2. Angiogenesis in Experimental Occluded Arterial Segments with Intimal Thickening Formation
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Human Samples
4.2. Experimental Procedures
4.3. Techniques in Conventional Light Microscopy, Immunohistochemistry, and Electron Microscopy
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Díaz-Flores, L.; Gutiérrez, R.; García, M.P.; Gayoso, S.; Carrasco, J.L.; Díaz-Flores, L., Jr.; González-Gómez, M.; Madrid, J.F. Intussusceptive Angiogenesis and Peg–Socket Junctions between Endothelial Cells and Smooth Muscle Cells in Early Arterial Intimal Thickening. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21, 8049. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21218049
Díaz-Flores L, Gutiérrez R, García MP, Gayoso S, Carrasco JL, Díaz-Flores L Jr., González-Gómez M, Madrid JF. Intussusceptive Angiogenesis and Peg–Socket Junctions between Endothelial Cells and Smooth Muscle Cells in Early Arterial Intimal Thickening. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020; 21(21):8049. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21218049
Chicago/Turabian StyleDíaz-Flores, Lucio, Ricardo Gutiérrez, Mª Pino García, Sara Gayoso, José Luís Carrasco, Lucio. Díaz-Flores, Jr., Miriam González-Gómez, and Juan Francisco Madrid. 2020. "Intussusceptive Angiogenesis and Peg–Socket Junctions between Endothelial Cells and Smooth Muscle Cells in Early Arterial Intimal Thickening" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21, no. 21: 8049. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21218049