Stem cell biology in the lung and lung cancers: Using pulmonary context and classic approaches

Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology

Volumn 73, Issue , 2008, Pages 479-490

  Raiser, D M ^a   Zacharek, S J ^a   Roach, R R ^a   Curtis, S J ^a   Sinkevicius, K W ^a   Gludish, D W ^a   Kim, C F ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; DECALIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GANCICLOVIR; TAMOXIFEN; NAPHTHALENE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; CELL MARKER;

CANCER STEM CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CLARA CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INJURY; LUNG RESECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; ABLATION THERAPY; CELL LINEAGE; GENETIC ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BLEOMYCIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG INJURY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NAPHTHALENES; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PNEUMONECTOMY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 68549137929     PISSN: 00917451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2008.73.036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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