Bone marrow as a source of circulating CXCR4+ tissue-committed stem cells

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-146

  Kucia, Magda ^a,b   Ratajczak, Janina ^a,b   Ratajczak, Mariusz Z ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

CXCR4; Mobilization; Stem cell plasticity; Stromal cell derived factor 1 (SDF 1); Tissue committed stem cell (TCSC)

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CELL PROTEIN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; MESSENGER RNA; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOTILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMOTAXIS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER INJURY; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; STROKE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE REGENERATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CHEMOKINES, CXC; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, CXCR4; REGENERATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 14544284991     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BC20040069     Document Type: Review

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