Engineering the CNS stem cell microenvironment

Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 865-877

  Williams, Cicely A ^a   Lavik, Erin B ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Microenvironment; Neural progenitor cell; Neural stem cell; Neural stem cell niche

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; NOGGIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; POLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; WNT PROTEIN;

ASTROCYTE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPENDYMA CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; MICROENVIRONMENT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STEM CELL NICHE; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 75649140262     PISSN: 17460751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/rme.09.62     Document Type: Review

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