Differentiation of mesenchymal cells derived from human amniotic membranes into hepatocyte-like cells in vitro

Human Cell

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 77-84

  Tamagawa, Tomoharu ^a,b   Oi, Satoshi ^c   Ishiwata, Isamu ^a   Ishikawa, Hiroshi ^c   Nakamura, Yukio ^b  

^a Ishiwata Hospital   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amnion membrane; Differentiation; Hepatocyte like cell; Mesanchymal stemcell; Regeneration medicine

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN 18; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; GLYCOGEN; MESSENGER RNA; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; MESENCHYME CELL; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ALBUMINS; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; AMNION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GLYCOGEN; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-18; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 34447529472     PISSN: 09147470     EISSN: 17490774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-0774.2007.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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