Quantitation of human mammary epithelial stem cells with in vivo regenerative properties using a subrenal capsule xenotransplantation assay

Nature Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1945-1956

  Eirew, Peter ^a   Stingl, John ^b   Eaves, Connie J ^a,c  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b CANCER RESEARCH UK CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN GEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST CELL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; COLONY FORMING CELL; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY CAPSULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE REGENERATION; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MICE; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, SCID; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

MUS;

EID: 78649914583     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2010.148     Document Type: Article

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