Ezh2 expression in astrocytes induces their dedifferentiation toward neural stem cells

Cellular Reprogramming

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Sher, Falak ^a   Boddeke, Erik ^a   Copray, Sjef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CD133 ANTIGEN; NESTIN; PROTEIN S 100; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE CLUSTER; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA;

EID: 79951761651     PISSN: 21524971     EISSN: 21524998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cell.2010.0052     Document Type: Article

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