Potential benefits of co-transplanting autologous adult stem cells together with human embryonic stem cells or their differentiated derivatives

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-6

  Boon, Chin Heng ^a   Liu, Hua ^a   Cao, Tong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Embryonic and adult stem cells; Stem cell transplants

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SURFACE; EDITORIAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECIPIENT; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; HUMANS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 15444377410     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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