The inhibitory role of stromal cell mesenchyme on human embryonic stem cell hepatocyte differentiation is overcome by Wnt3a treatment

Cloning and Stem Cells

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 331-339

  Fletcher, Judy ^a   Cui, Wei ^b   Samuel, Kay ^a   Black, James R ^a   Hannoun, Zara ^a   Currie, Ian S ^a   Terrace, John D ^a   Payne, Catherine ^a   Filippi, Celine ^a   Newsome, Philip ^c   Forbes, Stuart J ^a   Ross, James A ^a   Iredale, John P ^a   Hay, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WNT3A PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; MESENCHYME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; MESODERM; STROMAL CELLS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 50449086651     PISSN: 15362302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/clo.2007.0094     Document Type: Article

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