Induction of highly functional hepatocytes from human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells by HNF4α transduction

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Hang, Hualian ^a,b   Yu, Yabin ^b   Wu, Ning ^b   Huang, Qingfeng ^b   Xia, Qiang ^a   Bian, Jianmin ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WNT PROTEIN; ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN A; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HNF4A PROTEIN, HUMAN; INSULIN; NICOTINAMIDE; SELENIUM; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LIVER CELL; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UMBILICAL CORD; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADIPOCYTE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FETUS BLOOD; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; METABOLISM; PLASMID;

ACTIVINS; ADIPOCYTES; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FETAL BLOOD; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; INSULIN; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; NIACINAMIDE; PLASMIDS; SELENIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFERRIN; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84923464432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104133     Document Type: Article

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