Progesterone promotes neuronal differentiation of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in culture conditions that mimic the brain microenvironment

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 7, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 1925-1930

  Wang, Xianying ^a   Wu, Honghai ^b   Xue, Gai ^b   Hou, Yanning ^a,b  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BETHUNE INTERNATIONAL PEACE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Brain tissue extracts; Differentiation; Mesenchymal stem cells; Neural regeneration; Neuron; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925940857     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2012.25.001     Document Type: Article

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