Regulation of colony forming cell generation by flt-3 ligand

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-22

  Brashem Stein, Carolyn ^a   Flowers, David A ^a   Bernstein, Irwin D ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony forming cells; flt 3 ligand; Haemopoietic growth factors; MyeIopoiesis

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FLT3 LIGAND; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HEMOPOIETIC GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 6; STEM CELL FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYELOPOIESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030054896     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1773.x     Document Type: Article

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