Liver cancer: The role of stem cells

Cell Proliferation

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 407-421

  Alison, Malcolm R ^a,b   Lovell, M J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Cell and Molecular Science   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALICYCLIC HYDROCARBON; FUMARYLACETOACETASE; GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; N (2 FLUORENYL)ACETAMIDE; NITISINONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA DAMAGE; GENE TARGETING; GENOTOXICITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER RESECTION; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYPLOIDY; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; STEM CELL; TARGET CELL; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; TUMOR STEM CELLS;

CHIMAERIFORMES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 28544438991     PISSN: 09607722     EISSN: 13652184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2005.00354.x     Document Type: Review

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