The road to regenerative liver therapies: The triumphs, trials and tribulations

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1085-1093

  Raju, Ravali ^a,b   Chau, David ^a,b   Verfaillie, Catherine M ^b   Hu, Wei Shou ^a,b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Hepatoblasts; Hepatocytes; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL APPLICATION; HEPATOBLASTS; HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATOCYTES; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REGENERATION PROCESS; REGENERATIVE PROCESS;

DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); RESEARCH;

STEM CELLS;

APOPTOSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; REGENERATION; STEM; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIATION; HEPATOBLASTS; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER REGENERATION; MOUSE; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

DIFFERENTIATION; HEPATOBLASTS; HEPATOCYTES; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER REGENERATION; MICE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84886770300     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2013.08.022     Document Type: Review

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