The stem cell niche: A new target in medicine

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 398-404

  De Bari, Cosimo ^a,b   Pringle, Sarah ^a   Pitzalis, Costantino ^a   Dell'Accio, Francesco ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone; Regenerative medicine; Stem cell niche; Stem cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; WNT PROTEIN;

BONE MARROW CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; MESENCHYME; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CELL; STEM CELL; TISSUE REPAIR;

EID: 33748437792     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bco.0000244029.35220.78     Document Type: Review

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