The future of stem cells in liver diseases

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 68-76

  Muraca, Maurizio ^a   Galbiati, Ginevra ^a   Vilei, Maria Teresa ^b   Fabricio, Aline Sueli Coelho ^b   Caruso, Maddalena ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hematopoietic stem cells; Liver cell therapy; Liver regeneration; Metabolic diseases; Umbilical cord blood

Indexed keywords

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CYTOLOGY; FIBROGENESIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER REGENERATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; STEM CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION;

EID: 33745047143     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)32021-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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