Human telomerase activity, telomerase and telomeric template expression in hepatic stem cells and in livers from fetal and postnatal donors

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1191-1198

  Schmelzer, Eva ^a,c   Reid, Lola M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCGOWAN INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatic stem cell; Hepatoblast; Hepatocyte; hTER; hTERT; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RNA; SCATTER FACTOR; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; GROWTH PROMOTOR; TERT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELLS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 70349728889     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32832973fc     Document Type: Article

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