Stemistry: The Control of Stem Cells in Situ Using Chemistry

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2863-2894

  Davies, Stephen G ^a   Kennewell, Peter D ^a   Russell, Angela J ^a   Seden, Peter T ^a   Westwood, Robert ^a   Wynne, Graham M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MANIPULATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SCREENING; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; MUSCLE REGENERATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; OLIGOPOTENT STEM CELL; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL; UNIPOTENT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; BONE MARROW CELL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETINA; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MOLECULAR LIBRARY;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG DISCOVERY; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; NEURONS; RETINA; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES; STEM CELL RESEARCH; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84927583177     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: 15204804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm500838d     Document Type: Review

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