Lung epithelial stem cells and their niches: Fgf10 takes center stage

Fibrogenesis and Tissue Repair

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Volckaert, Thomas ^a,b,c   De Langhe, Stijn ^a,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 10;

ASTHMA; BRONCHUS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL REGENERATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM CELL; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG INJURY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL NICHE; TRACHEA;

EID: 84988850526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17551536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-1536-7-8     Document Type: Review

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