Generation of glycogen- and albumin-producing hepatocyte-like cells from embryonic stem cells

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 385, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 943-953

  Kania, Gabriela ^a   Blyszczuk, Przemyslaw ^a   Jochheim, Andrea ^b   Ott, Michael ^b   Wobus, Anna M ^a  

^a In Vitro Differentiation Group   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

fetoprotein; Albumin; Embryonic stem cells; Hepatic differentiation; Mouse; Nestin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; AMYLASE; CYTOCHROME P450 2B; CYTOCHROME P450 2B13; CYTOCHROME P450 2B9; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 19; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; GLYCOGEN; NESTIN; PREALBUMIN; TYROSINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; STORAGE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO; GLYCOGEN; HEPATOCYTES; MICE; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 8344259091     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2004.123     Document Type: Article

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