Minireview: Nuclear receptors, hematopoiesis, and stem cells

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Chute, John P ^a   Ross, Joel R ^a   McDonnell, Donald P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; APELIN RECEPTOR; CARBACYCLIN; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CLOFIBRATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NUR77; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PIOGLITAZONE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR BETA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR GAMMA; ROSIGLITAZONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; TROGLITAZONE; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

CELL FATE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE; MONOCYTE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; SHORT SURVEY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MALE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR;

EID: 73549100427     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2009-0332     Document Type: Short Survey

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