Stem cells: An alternative to organ transplantation in chronic, degenerative and infectious diseases?

New Microbiologica

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 151-167

  Gennero, Luisa ^a   Mortimer, Philip ^b   Sperber, Kirk ^c   Carloni, Guido ^d   Ponzetto, Antonio ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autologous Transplantation; Liver Cells; Macrophages; Monocytes; Stem Cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIVER CELL; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; INFECTION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33749167422     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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