Weibel-Palade body

Weibel-Palade body
Cytoplasmic organelle found in the vascular endothelial cells of some animals, though not in the endothelium of all vessels. Although markers for endothelium, their absence does not necessarily mean the cells are not of endothelial origin.

Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.

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