Ex vivo expansion of hematopoietic stem cells: Mission accomplished?

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 141, Issue DECEMBER, 2011, Pages

  Takizawa, Hitoshi ^a   Schanz, Urs ^a   Manz, Markus G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hematopoietic stem cells; Self renewal; Stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 1; CD38 ANTIGEN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; PLEIOTROPHIN; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; THROMBOPOIETIN;

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CD34 SELECTION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL RENEWAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENGRAFTMENT; EX VIVO STUDY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LIQUID CULTURE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84855290518     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13316     Document Type: Review

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