Overview of Recent Experimental Studies on Liver Stem Cells

Seminars in Liver Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 303-312

  Thorgeirsson, Snorri S ^a   Grisham, Joe W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholangiocytes; Hepatocytes; Liver stem cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER STEM CELL; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; FETUS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER; PANCREAS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0347623196     PISSN: 02728087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815559     Document Type: Review

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