Nestin is required for the proper self-renewal of neural stem cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2162-2171

  Park, Donghyun ^a,c   Xiang, Andy Peng ^b   Mao, Frank Fuxiang ^a,b   Zhang, Li ^a   Di, Chun Guang ^b   Liu, Xiao Mei ^b   Shao, Yuan ^b   Ma, Bao Feng ^b   Lee, Jae Hyun ^a   Ha, Kwon Soo ^c   Walton, Noah ^a   Lahn, Bruce T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Intermediate filament; Nestin; Neural stem cells

Indexed keywords

NESTIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LETHALITY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO LOSS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURAL TUBE; PHENOTYPE;

MUS;

EID: 78651062639     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.541     Document Type: Article

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