Identification of an adult stem/progenitor cell-like population in the human thyroid

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 471-487

  Fierabracci, Alessandra ^a   Puglisi, Maria Ausiliatrice ^a   Giuliani, Laura ^a   Mattarocci, Stefano ^b   Gallinella Muzi, Marco ^c  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BETA TUBULIN; CALCITONIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; LIOTHYRONINE; NESTIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; SOMATOSTATIN; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CLONOGENESIS; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLID TUMOR; STEM CELL; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID GLAND; TUMOR SPHEROID;

ANTIGENS, CD34; ANTIGENS, CD45; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; STEM CELLS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 53349160472     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-07-0552     Document Type: Article

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