Development of hematopoietic and endothelial cells from human embryonic stem cells: Lessons from the studies using mouse as a model

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Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 1950-1964

  Jezierski, Anna ^a   Swedani, Albert ^a   Wang, Lisheng ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endothelial precursors; Hemangioblast; Hematopoiesis; Human embryonic stem cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STEM CELL; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 38149111991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.310     Document Type: Review

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