Directed hepatic differentiation from embryonic stem cells

Protein and Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 180-188

  Chen, Xuesong ^a   Zeng, Fanyi ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Liver development; Signaling pathway; Stem cell differentiation

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3GAMMA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL VIABILITY; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE; HNF4 GENE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79960072105     PISSN: 1674800X     EISSN: 16748018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13238-011-1023-4     Document Type: Review

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