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endothelial cell
One of the squamous cells forming the lining of blood vessels & lymph vessels & the inner layer of the endocardium.
Function:
1) initiating the sequence of leukocyte migration in response to chemotactic factors [2]
2) maintenance of tissue homeostasis
3) facilitation of inflammatory responses with disruption of the endothelium
Laboratory:
- endothelial cell Ab in serum/plasma
Related
endothelial injury
General
cell
Properties
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
- Majno & Jori Am J Pathol 146:3 1995
- Lipton BH, Bensch KG, Karasek MA.
Microvessel endothelial cell transdifferentiation: phenotypic
characterization.
Differentiation. 1991 Mar;46(2):117-33.
PMID: 1648522
Component-of
endothelium