Effects of HOXB4 overexpression on ex vivo expansion and immortalization of hematopoietic cells from different species

Stem Cells

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2074-2081

  Zhang, Xiao Bing ^a   Schwartz, Jeffrey L ^b   Humphries, R Keith ^c   Kiem, Hans Peter ^a,d  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dogs; Gene therapy; Hematopoietic stem cells; HOXB4; Mice; Monkey; Nonhuman primates

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN HOXB 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD34 SELECTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COLONY FORMING CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EX VIVO STUDY; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROVIRUS; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD34; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONE CELLS; DOGS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MURINAE; MUS; PAPIO; PRIMATES;

EID: 34547879285     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2006-0742     Document Type: Article

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