The elusive nature and function of mesenchymal stem cells

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-131

  Nombela Arrieta, César ^a   Ritz, Jerome ^a,b   Silberstein, Leslie E ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTE; ANATOMY; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FUNCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROMA CELL;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 78951490649     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm3049     Document Type: Review

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