Stem cell research and therapy for liver disease

Current Stem Cell Research and Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-146

  Navarro Alvarez, Nalu ^a,b   Soto Gutierrez, Alejandro ^a,b   Kobayashi, Naoya ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cells; Liver based therapies; Stem cell derived hepatocytes

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BONE MARROW CELL; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DRUG DISCOVERY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE THERAPY;

EID: 66949175933     PISSN: 1574888X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488809788167418     Document Type: Review

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