The potential of amniotic fluid stem cells for cellular therapy and tissue engineering

Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1297-1314

  Klemmt, Petra Ab ^a,b   Vafaizadeh, Vida ^a   Groner, Bernd ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR TUMOR BIOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amniocytes; Amniotic fluid; Stem cells; Tissue engineering; Tissue regeneration

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTIC FLUID CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL THERAPY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FETAL STEM CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; FETAL STEM CELLS; HUMANS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 80052549682     PISSN: 14712598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2011.587800     Document Type: Review

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