Phenotypic indications that human sweat glands are a rich source of nestin-positive stem cell populations

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 380-383

  Petschnik, A E ^a   Klatte, J E ^b   Evers, L H ^b   Kruse, C ^a   Paus, R ^b,c   Danner, S ^a  

^a Fraunhofer Institute for Marine Biotechnology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult stem cells; Nestin; Sweat glands

Indexed keywords

NESTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GERM LAYER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL EXPANSION; SWEAT GLAND;

ADULT; ADULT STEM CELLS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PILOT PROJECTS; SWEAT GLANDS;

EID: 74349085795     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09512.x     Document Type: Article

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