Weibel-Palade bodies


Wei·bel-Pa·lade bod·ies

(vī'bel pah-lah'dā), rod-shaped bundles of tubular elements seen by electron microscopy in vascular endothelial cells; contain von Willebrand factor.

Palade,

George Emil, Romanian-U.S. cell biologist and Nobel laureate, 1912–. Palade granule - a granule of ribonucleoprotein, the site of protein synthesis from aminoacyl-tRNAs as directed by mRNAs. Synonym(s): ribosomeWeibel-Palade bodies - see under Weibel

Weibel,

Ewald R., Swiss physician, 1929–. Weibel-Palade bodies - rod-shaped bundles of microtubules seen by electron microscopy in vascular endothelial cells.