Characterization and histological localization of multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells in the human postnatal thymus

Stem Cells and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1165-1174

  Mouiseddine, Moubarak ^a   Mathieu, Noëlle ^a   Stefani, Johanna ^a   Demarquay, Christelle ^a   Bertho, Jean Marc ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCAN 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; ENDOGLIN; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 7; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; OSTEOCLAST STIMULATING FACTOR 1; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELL; MESENCHYME CELL; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; OSTEOBLAST; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS;

5'-NUCLEOTIDASE; ADIPOCYTES; ADULT STEM CELLS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD34; ANTIGENS, CD45; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROCYTES; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-7; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; OSTEOBLASTS; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STROMAL CELLS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 57449115145     PISSN: 15473287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/scd.2007.0252     Document Type: Article

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