Strategies for future histocompatible stem cell therapy

Biogerontology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-376

  Nehlin, Jan O ^a,b   Barington, Torben ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adult stem cells; Cell therapy; Patient histocompatible; Pluripotent stem cells; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

AGING; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; BONE DISEASE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN TRANSPLANTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARTILAGE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL AGING; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EYE DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM LINE; HAIR TRANSPLANTATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MICROENVIRONMENT; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; NERVE INJURY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOMATIC CELL THERAPY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ADULT; ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMANS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REGENERATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 67649671910     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-009-9213-7     Document Type: Review

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