Cell therapy for the diseased liver: From stem cell biology to novel models for hepatotropic human pathogens

DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms

Volumn 1, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 113-130

  Brezillon, Nicolas ^a,b,c   Kremsdorf, Dina ^a,b,c   Weiss, Mary C ^a,b,c,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIVISION; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIVER CELL; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOLOGY; FETUS BLOOD; LIVER; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; STEM CELL;

HARNESS; MURINAE; MUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER REGENERATION; MICE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 64249129778     PISSN: 17548403     EISSN: 17548411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.000463     Document Type: Review

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