The Human Gastrointestinal Tract, a Potential Autologous Neural Stem Cell Source

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Hagl, Cornelia Irene ^a   Heumüller Klug, Sabine ^a   Wink, Elvira ^a   Wessel, Lucas ^a   Schäfer, Karl Herbert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFANT; INTESTINE CELL; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAT; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL STEM CELLS; RATS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883385906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072948     Document Type: Article

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