Transdifferentiation in developmental biology, disease, and in therapy

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 236, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3208-3217

  Thowfeequ, Shifaan ^a   Myatt, Emily Jane ^a   Tosh, David ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell therapy; Metaplasia; Regeneration; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INSULIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL KINETICS; CELL REGENERATION; CELL THERAPY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL TYPE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE SWITCHING; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIVER CELL; METAMORPHOSIS; METAPLASIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MAMMALS; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; METAPLASIA; REGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THERAPEUTICS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 37249012804     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21336     Document Type: Review

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