Sex steroid-mediated reprogramming of vascular smooth muscle cells to stem cells and neurons: Possible utilization of sex steroid combinations for regenerative treatment without utilization of in vitro developed stem cells

Cell Cycle

Volumn 8, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 4079-4084

  Bukovsky, Antonin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesenchymal neural transdifferentiation; Neural stem cells; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neuronal differentiation; Regenerative medicine; Sex steroids; Systemic regenerative treatment; Vascular diseases; Vascular smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 1; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 4; TESTOSTERONE; THY 1 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESTROGEN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; MESENCHYME CELL; MICROVASCULATURE; NEURAL STEM CELL; PERICYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STEM CELL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE STEM CELL;

EID: 74849122306     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.8.24.10147     Document Type: Article

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