Effects of Wnt3a on proliferation and differentiation of human epidermal stem cells

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 368, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 483-488

  Jia, Liwei ^a,b   Zhou, Jiaxi ^a,b   Peng, Sha ^a,b   Li, Juxue ^a,b   Cao, Yujing ^a   Duan, Enkui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Catenin; Differentiation; Human epidermal stem cells; Proliferation; Wnt3a

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; STEM CELLS; WNT PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 39749113705     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.01.097     Document Type: Article

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