Organogenesis and Development of the Liver

Developmental Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-189

  Si Tayeb, Karim ^a   Lemaigre, Frédéric P ^b   Duncan, Stephen A ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; BILE DUCT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STELLATE CELL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BILIARY TRACT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; KUPFFER CELLS; LIVER; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 76249102739     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2010.01.011     Document Type: Review

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