Recent progress on tissue-resident adult stem cell biology and their therapeutic implications

Stem Cell Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-49

  Mimeault, Murielle ^a   Batra, Surinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult stem progenitor cells; Cancer stem progenitor cells; Gene therapy; Regenerative medicine; Targeted therapies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SEPARATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 50849090600     PISSN: 15508943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12015-008-9008-2     Document Type: Article

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