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It may be either secreted constitutively, or stored in Weibel-Palade bodies in the endothelial cells or [alpha]-granules of platelets for later secretion.
6) Electron microscopy will occasionally reveal rod-shaped, microtubulated Weibel-Palade bodies, (10) but again, this finding may not be particularly reliable, as only 1 of 13 specimens demonstrated this structure in one series.
Immunohistochemistry and transmission electron microscopy showed the characteristics of microvasculature in vivo, such as the expression of von Willebrand factor and the presence of Weibel-Palade bodies, basement membrane material, and intercellular junctions.
 
 
 
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