Umbilical vein endothelial cells are an important source of c-kit and stem cell factor which regulate the proliferation of haemopoietic progenitor cells

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 606-611

  Yamaguchi, Hideto ^a,b,f   Ishii, Ehchi ^a   Saito, Shigeru ^d   Tashiro, Katsuya ^b   Fujita, Ichiro ^b   Yoshidomi, Seiko ^a   Ohtubo, Masamichi ^c   Akazawa, Kouhei ^e   Miyazaki, Sumio ^b  

^a Saga Prefectural Hospital   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Saga Blood Transfusion Service   (Japan)

^d NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Saga Medical School   (Japan)

Author keywords

C kit; Cord blood; Progenitor cells; SKF; Umbilical endothelial cells

Indexed keywords

C KIT PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UMBILICAL VEIN;

EID: 0029757376     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1855.x     Document Type: Article

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