Isolation and characterization of mouse bone marrow-derived Lin -/VEGF-R2+ progenitor cells

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1461-1472

  Barthelmes, Daniel ^a   Irhimeh, Mohammad R ^a   Gillies, Mark C ^a   Zhu, Ling ^a   Shen, Weiyong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Endothelial progenitor cells; Intravitreal transplantation; Regenerative medicine; Stem cells; Vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACETYL LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; PERCHLORATE; PLANT LECTIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE MARROW; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA INJURY; RETINAL VASCULAR INJURY; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; STEM CELLS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 84885613113     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: 14320584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-013-1815-0     Document Type: Review

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