Microvascular tubes derived from embryonic stem cells sustain blood flow

Stem Cells and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 335-347

  Zhou, Xuan ^a   Gallicano, G Ian ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CELL TYPE; CLONING; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FOREIGN BODY; GRAFT REJECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOMATIC CELL; TECHNIQUE; TERATOMA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD34; BLOOD VESSELS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HEART; HUMANS; LAMININ; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTEOGLYCANS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33746237670     PISSN: 15473287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/scd.2006.15.335     Document Type: Article

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