Upregulated and prolonged differentiation potential of the ependymal cells lining the ventriculus terminalis in human fetuses

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 386, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-33

  Dae, Yong Song ^a   Byung, Pil Cho ^a   Byoung, Young Choi ^a   Young, Chul Yang ^a   Bong, Hee Lee ^b   Chang, Kyo Lim ^c   Ho, Suck Kang ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c 21Century Women's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ependymal cell; GFAP; Human fetus; PCNA; Ventriculus terminalis

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CYCLINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMA CELL; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDULLARY CONE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; UPREGULATION; VENTRICULUS TERMINALIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ABORTED FETUS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPENDYMA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREGNANCY; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELLS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 22544459669     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.05.068     Document Type: Article

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