Mouse chimeras as a system to investigate development, cell and tissue function, disease mechanisms and organ regeneration

Cell Cycle

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2091-2099

  Eckardt, Sigrid ^a   McLaughlin, K John ^a   Willenbring, Holger ^b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Blastocyst injection; Chimera; Complementation; Developmental chimera; Embryonic stem cells; Induced pluripotent stem cells; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FUMARYLACETOACETASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; PROTEIN ZO1; PROTEIN ZO2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1;

APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL REGENERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHIMERA; CYTOGENETICS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENGRAFTMENT; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FUNCTION; MOSAICISM; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; TETRAPLOIDY; TISSUE REGENERATION; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 79959918859     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.10.13.16360     Document Type: Review

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