Embryonic stem cells develop into hepatocytes after intrasplenic transplantation in CCl4-treated mice

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 866-873

  Moriya, Kei ^a   Yoshikawa, Masahide ^a   Saito, Ko ^a   Ouji, Tukiteru ^a   Nishiofuku, Mariko ^a   Hayashi, Noriko ^a   Ishizaka, Shigeaki ^a   Fukui, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Embryonic stem cells; Hepatic differentiation; Intrasplenic transplatation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CYTOKERATIN 18; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TUMOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33947509311     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i6.866     Document Type: Article

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