Mesenchymal stromal cells as supportive cells for hepatocytes

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1504-1508

  Gómez Aristizábal, Alejandro ^a   Keating, Armand ^b,c   Davies, John E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6;

CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CONTACT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; LIVER CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; STELLATE CELL;

ANIMALS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 69949163647     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: 15250024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mt.2009.158     Document Type: Review

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