Multipotent stem cells in the biliary tree

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 85-90

  Cardinale, Vincenzo ^a   Wang, Yunfang ^b   Carpino, Guido ^a,c   Alvaro, Domenico ^a   Reid, Lola ^b   Gaudio, Eugenio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extrahepatic bile ducts; Pancreas; Pdx1; Peribiliary glands; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; HEPATIC DUCT; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIVER; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; BILIARY TRACT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; HUMANS; LIVER; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 78651498479     PISSN: 11226714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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