Production of hepatocyte-like cells from human amnion

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 481, Issue , 2009, Pages 155-168

  Miki, Toshio ^a   Marongiu, Fabio ^a   Ellis, Ewa C S ^a   Dorko, Ken ^a   Mitamura, Keitaro ^a   Ranade, Aarati ^a   Gramignoli, Roberto ^a   Davila, Julio ^a   Strom, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyocyte; Cell transplantation; Hepatocyte transplant; Neuron; Pancreatic beta cell; Stem cell hepatocyte

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934442952     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-201-4_13     Document Type: Article

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