c-Kit immunoreactive interstitial cells in the human gastrointestinal tract

W/kit gene required for interstitial cells of Cajal and for intestinal pacemaker activity

1995 • 1,398 citations

Mutation of the proto‐oncogene c‐kit blocks development of interstitial cells and electrical rhythmicity in murine intestine.

1994 • 816 citations

Interstitial cells of Cajal mediate inhibitory neurotransmission in the stomach.

1996 • 518 citations

c-kit-Dependent development of interstitial cells and electrical activity in the murine gastrointestinal tract

1995 • 392 citations

Interstitial cells of Cajal in human colon and in Hirschsprung's disease

1996 • 292 citations

Impaired development of interstitial cells and intestinal electrical rhythmicity in steel mutants

1995 • 243 citations

Study of the interstitial cells of Cajal in infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis

1996 • 241 citations

Origin of the c-kit-positive interstitial cells in the avian bowel

1996 • 222 citations

Interstitial cells of Cajal in the guinea-pig gastrointestinal tract as revealed by c-Kit immunohistochemistry

1997 • 203 citations

Electrophysiology of smooth muscle of the small intestine of some mammals.

1986 • 190 citations

Disturbed intestinal movement, bile reflux to the stomach, and deficiency of c-kit-expressing cells in WsWs mutant rats

1995 • 181 citations

Intracellular electrical activity of canine and human gastric smooth muscle.

1978 • 166 citations

Interaction of two electrical pacemakers in muscularis of canine proximal colon

1987 • 160 citations

A lack of intestinal pacemaker (c-kit) in aganglionic bowel of patients with Hirschsprung's disease

1995 • 149 citations

Control of motility patterns in the human colonic circular muscle layer by pacemaker activity

1998 • 137 citations

Identification of the interstitial cells of Cajal.

1996 • 119 citations

Ultrastructure of interstitial cells of Cajal associated with deep muscular plexus of human small intestine

1992 • 118 citations

Light- and electron microscopical studies of interstitial cells of Cajal and muscle cells at the submucosal border of human colon.

1993 • 104 citations

Interstitial cells of cajal in human small intestine Ultrastructural identification and organization between the main smooth muscle layers

1991 • 96 citations

Distribution of c-Kit immunopositive cells in normal human colon and in Hirschsprung's disease

1998 • 96 citations

Smooth Muscle Cells, Interstitial Cells of Cajal and Myenteric Plexus Interrelationships in the Human Colon

1990 • 91 citations

c-kit immunoreactive interstitial cells of Cajal in the human small and large intestine

1998 • 82 citations

Ultrastructure of interstitial cells of Cajal in circular muscle of human small intestine

1993 • 80 citations

An ultrastructural study of the interstitial cells of Cajal of the human stomach.

1989 • 74 citations

Interstitial Cells of Cajal in Human Small Intestine

1991 • 70 citations

Ultrastructural features and localization of the interstitial cells of Cajal in the smooth muscle coat of human esophagus.

1985 • 68 citations

The muscle coat of the lower esophageal sphincter in patients with achalasia and hypertensive sphincter. An electron microscopic study.

1985 • 62 citations

Ultrastructural characterization of interstitial cells of Cajal in the rat small intestine using control and Ws/Ws mutant rats

1998 • 61 citations

Lack of intestinal pacemaker (C-KIT-positive) cells in infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis

1996 • 54 citations

Some Ultrastructural Features of the Muscular Coat of Human Small Intestine

1983 • 51 citations

Neuromuscular structures specific to the submucosal border of the human colonic circular muscle layer

1990 • 43 citations