Human immature dental pulp stem cells share key characteristic features with limbal stem cells

Cell Proliferation

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 587-594

  Monteiro, B G ^a,b   Serafim, R C ^c   Melo, G B ^c   Silva, M C P ^c   Lizier, N F ^a,c   Maranduba, C M C ^a   Smith, R L ^c   Kerkis, A ^d   Cerruti, H ^e   Gomes, J A P ^c   Kerkis, I ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Center of Innovation Technologies   (Brazil)

^e Clinic and Center of Odontology Research   (Brazil)

^f NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOKERATIN 12; CYTOKERATIN 3; PROTEIN P63; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA LIMBUS; DENTAL PULP STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMBAL STEM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; STEM CELL; TOOTH PULP; TOTAL LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEA; DENTAL PULP; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BURNS; HUMANS; MALE; RABBITS; REGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 69549086468     PISSN: 09607722     EISSN: 13652184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2009.00623.x     Document Type: Article

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