Stem cell identification - In vivo lineage analysis versus in vitro isolation and clonal expansion

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 255-266

  Wright, Nicholas A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clonogenic assay; In vitro isolation; Lineage labelling; Stem cell identification; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CELL FATE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LABELING; CELL LINEAGE; CLONAL VARIATION; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; GENETIC MARKER; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84862000935     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: 10969896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.4018     Document Type: Review

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