Human uterine stem/progenitor cells: Their possible role in uterine physiology and pathology

Reproduction

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-22

  Maruyama, Tetsuo ^a   Masuda, Hirotaka ^a   Ono, Masanori ^a   Kajitani, Takashi ^a   Yoshimura, Yasunori ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CD146 ANTIGEN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL MODEL; CLONOGENESIS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOUSE; MYOMETRIUM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; TISSUE REGENERATION; UTERUS; CYTOLOGY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REGENERATION;

MURINAE; MUS;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; REGENERATION; STEM CELLS; UTERUS;

EID: 77954192362     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-09-0438     Document Type: Review

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