Development and molecular composition of the hepatic progenitor cell niche

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Siig Vestentoft, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; AQUAPORIN 1; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 7; DESMIN; ENTACTIN; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; LAMININ; NESTIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; HEPATIC STEM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER REGENERATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE;

EID: 84877139777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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