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174 Human adult maculae flavae are dense masses of cells and extracellular matrices (Fig. 9.3) (Sato and Hirano 1995a; Sato et  ...

175 9.3 Intermediate Filaments of the Cells in the Human Adult Maculae Flavae The expression of proteins in the intermediate fil ...

176 9.7 Vocal Fold Stellate Cells in the Human Adult Maculae Flavae Interstitial cells with a star-like appearance in the human ...

177 9.9 Transition Area Between the Human Adult Maculae Flavae and Surrouding Tissue The transition area between the maculae fla ...

178 9.11 Microenvironment, Hyaluronan-Rich Matrix, of the Maculae Flavae as a Stem Cell Niche in the Human Vocal Fold The struct ...

179 Fig. 9.6 Primary culture of macula flava with MF-start primary culture medium (Toyobo, Osaka, Japan) (Phase-contrast microsc ...

180 Fig. 9.7 Individual subculture of each type of cell in an MF-medium (Mesenchymal Stem Cell Growth Medium) (Toyobo, Osaka, Ja ...

181 the maculae flavae are a candidate for a stem cell niche, which is a microenviron- ment nurturing a pool of tissue stem cell ...

182 and posterior maculae flavae contain stem cells or progenitor cells and these cells have the capacity to play essential role ...

183 the layered structure (Sato et al. 2001b, 2016b). The results of our studies (morpho- logic differences are detected between ...

184 The cells in the human maculae flavae may be sensing the mechanical forces, and these tissue-specific mechanical forces (voc ...

185 Fayoux P, Devisme L, Merrot O, Chevalier D, Gosselin B (2004) Histologic structure and develop- ment of the laryngeal macula ...

186 Sato K, Kurita T, Chitose S, Umeno H, Nakashima T (2015) Mechanical regulation of human vocal fold stellate cells. Ann Otol ...

© The Author(s) 2017 187 A. Birbrair (ed.), Stem Cell Microenvironments and Beyond, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biolog ...

188 This chapter compiles recent observations on oesophageal epithelial stem cell biology, and how environmental and micro-envir ...

189 the oesophagus, ensuring food or drink to be delivered to the stomach for diges- tion. At the gastroesophageal junction the ...

190 result in oesophageal disease or even cancer. One clear example of this is acid reflux (Fitzgerald 2005 ). Under normal cond ...

191 are two major histological subtypes of OEC, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinoma (AC) (Pennathur et al. 2013 ; N ...

192 incidence for the last couple of decades in western and developed Countries. Efforts made to increase detection and surveill ...

193 of mouse models, not only critical tools for basic research, but also for preclinical trials to target specific molecular pa ...