Human FLT3 ligand acts on myeloid as well as multipotential progenitors derived from purified CD34+ blood progenitors expressing different levels of c-kit protein

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 257-264

  Sonoda, Yoshiaki ^a   Kimura, Takafumi ^a   Sakabe, Hideaki ^a   Tanimukai, Shigeatsu ^a   Ohmizono, Yoshikazu ^a   Nakagawa, Shuichi ^a   Yokota, Shouhei ^a   Lyman, Stewart D ^b   Abe, Tatsuo ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

c kit; CD34; CFU G; CFU Mix; FLT3; SCF

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; LIGAND; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT GM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030956849     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1997.tb01664.x     Document Type: Article

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