Diversity of epithelial stem cell types in adult lung

Stem Cells International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Li, Feng ^a   He, Jinxi ^a   Wei, Jun ^a   Cho, William C ^b   Liu, Xiaoming ^a,c  

^a NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c NINGXIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM CELL; LUNG INJURY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL NICHE; TISSUE REGENERATION; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

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EID: 84924405440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16879678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/728307     Document Type: Review

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