Cord blood-derived hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells: Current challenges in engraftment, infection, and ex vivo expansion

Stem Cells International

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kita, Katsuhiro ^a   Lee, Jong O ^a   Finnerty, Celeste C ^a,b   Herndon, David N ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; DELTA1 FUSION PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; FLT3 LIGAND; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 130; HYBRID PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 6; NOTCH RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CD34 SELECTION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL HOMING; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; COCULTURE; COLONY FORMING CELL; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79959248613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16879678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2011/276193     Document Type: Review

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