Identifying thyroid stem/progenitor cells: Advances and limitations

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-13

  Fierabracci, Alessandra ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD133 ANTIGEN; NESTIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX8; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT STEM CELL; BONE MARROW CELL; CANCER STEM CELL; CD34 SELECTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CLONOGENESIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FETUS CELL; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; HUMAN; MICROCHIMERISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERATOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THYROID GLAND; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84860828927     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-11-0183     Document Type: Review

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