Hepatic stem cell niches

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1874-1880

  Kordes, Claus ^a   Häussinger, Dieter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEPATOCYTES; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER REGENERATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84877130536     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI66027     Document Type: Review

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