Stem cells and the repair of radiation-induced salivary gland damage

Oral Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-153

  Coppes, R P ^a   Stokman, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Progenitor cells; Radiotherapy; Regeneration; Salivary glands; Stem cell therapy

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

BLOOD VESSEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT STEM CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; RADIATION INJURIES; REGENERATION; SALIVARY GLANDS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 79951563195     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2010.01723.x     Document Type: Review

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