Differentiation of human umbilical cord Wharton's jelly-derived mesenchymal stem cells into germ-like cells in vitro

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 747-754

  Huang, Peng ^a   Lin, Li Min ^a   Wu, Xiao Ying ^a   Tang, Qiu Ling ^a   Feng, Xue Yong ^a   Lin, Guang Yu ^a   Lin, Xiaobo ^a   Wang, Hong Wu ^a   Huang, Tian Hua ^a   Ma, Lian ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Germ like cells; Human umbilical cord; In vitro differentiation; Mesenchymal stem cell

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; MESSENGER RNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS; UMBILICAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MICE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRETINOIN; UMBILICAL CORD;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77749321182     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.22453     Document Type: Article

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