Amnion-derived stem cells: In quest of clinical applications

Stem Cell Research and Therapy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Miki, Toshio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ACTIVATED LEUKOCYTE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ALPHA4 INTEGRIN; ALPHA5 INTEGRIN; ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; CD133 ANTIGEN; CD14 ANTIGEN; CD24 ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD9 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; ENDOGLIN; GLUCOSE REGULATED PROTEIN 94; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 3; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 4; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; THY 1 ANTIGEN; UVOMORULIN; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNION CELL; AMNION CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AMNION DERIVED STEM CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHOLESTASIS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG INJURY; MESODERM; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STROKE; THERAPY EFFECT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AMNION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SEPARATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; EPITHELIUM CELL; ETHICS; FEMALE; GERM LAYER; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYSOSOMAL STORAGE DISEASES; MOUSE; MUTANT MOUSE STRAIN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XENOGRAFT;

AMNION; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GERM LAYERS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYSOSOMAL STORAGE DISEASES; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PLACENTA; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PREGNANCY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052403357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17576512     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/scrt66     Document Type: Review

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