Efficient in vitro generation of functional thymic epithelial progenitors from human embryonic stem cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Su, Min ^a,b   Hu, Rong ^a   Jin, Jingjun ^c   Yan, Yuan ^a   Song, Yinhong ^a   Sullivan, Ryan ^a   Lai, Laijun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b GUIZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Department of Immunology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOPOIESIS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NUDE MOUSE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84930616180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09882     Document Type: Article

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