Bone marrow stem cells and the liver: Are they relevant?: REVIEW

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1608-1616

  Eckersley Maslin, Mélanie A ^a   Warner, Fiona J ^a,b   Grzelak, Candice A ^a   McCaughan, Geoffrey W ^a,b,c   Shackel, Nicholas A ^a,b,c  

^a CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Fibrosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver; Progenitor; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; GELATINASE B; SCATTER FACTOR; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1;

BONE MARROW; CELL FUSION; CELL MATURATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; DISEASE COURSE; ENGRAFTMENT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR;

EID: 70349659798     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2009.06004.x     Document Type: Review

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