Liver development and in vitro differentiation of embryonic stem cells to hepatocytes

Yakhteh

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 348-373

  Pournasr, Behshad ^a   Farzaneh, Zahra ^a,b   Shahsanvani, Mansoureh ^a   Baharvand, Hossein ^a,b  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND CULTURE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Embryonic development; Embryonic stem cells; Hepatocytes

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; DEXAMETHASONE; EOMESODERMIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1BETA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; INDOCYANINE GREEN; JAGGED1; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NOTCH2 RECEPTOR; ONCOSTATIN M; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA TEMPLATE; DRUG SCREENING; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER DISEASE; MESODERM; MOLECULE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXICOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 76549103085     PISSN: 15614921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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