Meet the inlaws: Embryonic stem cell derivatives meet the immune system

Cell Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-398

  Tabayoyong, William B ^a   Zavazava, Nicholas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MOUSE; RAT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MICE; RATS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 64149115051     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2009.38     Document Type: Article

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