Midbrain dopaminergic development in vivo and in vitro from embryonic stem cells

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-218

  Maxwell, Sarah L ^a   Li, Meng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Dopaminergic neuron; Embryonic stem cells; Pitx3; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LIM PROTEIN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RELATED FACTOR 1; PROTEIN LMX1B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ENGRAILED 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ENGRAILED 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; COCULTURE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; STROMA CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOPAMINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HUMANS; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STEM CELLS;

EID: 24944591354     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00453.x     Document Type: Review

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