In vitro cultured islet-derived progenitor cells of human origin express human albumin in severe combined immunodeficiency mouse liver in vivo

Stem Cells

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1134-1141

  Von Mach, Marc Alexander ^a,d   Hengstler, Jan Georg ^b   Brulport, Marc ^b   Eberhardt, Michael ^c   Schormann, Wiebke ^b   Hermes, Matthias ^b   Prawitt, Dirk ^a   Zabel, Bernhard ^a   Grosche, Jens ^b   Reichenbach, Andreas ^b   Müller, Beat ^c   Weilemann, Ludwig Sacha ^a   Zulewski, Henryk ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Universitaetsklinik Mainz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Islet of Langerhans; Liver; Pancreas; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; MESSENGER RNA; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; STEM CELL;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME BANDING; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; KARYOTYPING; LIVER; MICE; MICE, SCID; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 10444246727     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2004-0061     Document Type: Article

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