Engineering of human hepatocyte lines for cell therapies in humans: Prospects and remaining hurdles

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 417-420

  Kobayashi, N ^a   Tanaka, N ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell therapies; Cre IoxP system; Immortalized hepatocytes

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROVIRUS; SUICIDE GENE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANIMALIA; SIMPLEXVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0036389702     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/000000002783985693     Document Type: Article

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