Amniotic fluid as a source of pluripotent and multipotent stem cells for organ regeneration

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-105

  Da Sacco, Stefano ^a   De Filippo, Roger E ^a   Perin, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

amniotic fluid; amniotic fluid stem cells; progenitor cells; regenerative medicine; tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; AMNIOTIC FLUID CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL THERAPY; CELL TYPE; FETUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE REGENERATION;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PREGNANCY; REGENERATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 78751617373     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e3283424f6e     Document Type: Article

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